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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.293,Lat: 54.847
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	12:48:23pm
At island	Sylt
Name province/region	Schleswig-Holstein
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Nordfriesland
Name	Sylt

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Sylt:Westerland	6.8 km	North
2 Sylt:Archsum	7.1 km	EastNorthEast
3 Sylt:Keitum	7.2 km	NorthEast
4 Sylt:Munkmarsch	8.9 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Sylt:Morsum	9.3 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 København	Denmark	289 km	EastNorthEast
2 Amsterdam	Netherlands	356 km	SouthWest
3 Berlin	Germany	425 km	SouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Rantum (Sylt) lies at the Wadden Sea (direction East).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Vidaa-Krusaa. The nearest bigger lake is Rantumbecken (2.4 km² at a distance of 1.6 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).The place is located at an island named Sylt. The distance to the mainland is 0 km.

The most nearby international border is the Danish-German border with a straight distance of 23.2 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 32 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 97%, low location: 3%, The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is 0.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Hohe Geest

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Billund Airport (at a distance of 113 km and direction NorthNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Westerland Sylt Airport (at a distance of 8 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.2 km2

0.6%

Nature

4.7 km2

12.9%

Wet nature

24.8 km2

67.6%

Agriculture

1.4 km2

3.9%

Urban area

0.7 km2

1.9%

Rock-Sand

1.5 km2

4.1%

Water - Lakes

2.9 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Rantum (Sylt) in country Germany

Rantum (Sylt) at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Archaeological Border complex of Hedeby and the Danevirke	Germany	86 km	EastSouthEast
2 Christiansfeld, a Moravian Church Settlement	Denmark	95 km	NorthEast
3 Jelling Mounds, Runic Stones and Church	Denmark	124 km	NorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Ramsar-Gebiet S-H Wattenmeer und angrenzende Küstengebiete	DE	0.2 km	SouthSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Sylt-Ost

Type of weather in Sylt-Ost	light snow
Current temperature:	0 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.2 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	100 %
Daylength at 8 December 2023:	7 hour and 24 minutes
Sunrise :	08:36 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:00 Europe/Amsterdam