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Rackwick (Scotland)

Rackwick

General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -2.9772,Lat: 59.3361
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	0:32:32am
At island	Westray
Name province/region (Country)	Scotland
Wiki-website Subregion (Council Area)	Orkney Islands
Name	North Isles
Other place with same name 1	Rackwick Scotland - Orkney Islands

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Windywalls	1.7 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Pierowall	2.1 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Skaill	2.2 km	NorthEast
4 Broughton	2.6 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Braehead	3 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	362 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Glasgow	Scotland	402 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	559 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Rackwick lies at the North Sea (direction NorthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Swannay (2.1 km² at a distance of 25.3 km in SouthWestern 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 396.7 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 555 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 23%, low location: 77%, The hills are mainly eastern 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 379 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Eday Airport (at a distance of 20 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

3 km2

11.3%

Agriculture

22.4 km2

85%

Rock-Sand

0.3 km2

1.1%

Water - Lakes

0.3 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Rackwick in country Scotland

Rackwick 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	40 km	SouthSouthWest
2 St Kilda	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	368 km	WestSouthWest
3 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	373 km	SouthSouthWest

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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:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.19 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1033 mb
Humidity:	81 %
Daylength at 13 July 2026:	17 hour and 60 minutes
Sunrise :	05:17 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	23:17 Europe/Amsterdam