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General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -2.8629,Lat: 59.2594
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	10:31:51am
At island	Westray
Name province/region (Country)	Scotland
Wiki-website Subregion (Council Area)	Orkney Islands
Name	North Isles

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Sulland	1.1 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Skelwick	3.9 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Midbea	6.9 km	WestNorthWest
4 Benstonhall	7.1 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Langskaill	7.2 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	373 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Glasgow	Scotland	395 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	554 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Rapness lies at the North Sea (direction West). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Swannay (2.1 km² at a distance of 23.5 km in WestSouthWestern direction).The place is located at an island named Westray. The distance to the mainland is 65.6 km.

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 387.4 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 542 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 29%, low location: 71%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Edinburgh Airport (at a distance of 371 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Eday Airport (at a distance of 9.2 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

1.3 km2

10.1%

Agriculture

11.8 km2

89.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Rapness in country Scotland

Rapness at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Heart of Neolithic Orkney	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	35 km	SouthWest
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	365 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	370 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Rapness
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Pierowall

Type of weather in Pierowall	broken clouds
Current temperature:	3 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.11 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	990 mb
Humidity:	51 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	7 hour and 15 minutes
Sunrise :	09:19 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:35 Europe/Amsterdam