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Rackwick (Scotland)

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General information - Location

CountryScotland
Part ofUnited Kingdom
Location in country North
Location in EuropeWest Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)Long: -2.9772,Lat: 59.3361 marker
Elevation1 meter above sea level
Local time20:49:40pm
At islandWestray
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 Windywalls1.7 km NorthNorthEast
2 Pierowall2.1 km SouthSouthWest
3 Skaill2.2 km NorthEast
4 Broughton2.6 km SouthSouthWest
5 Braehead3 km South

Nearest 3 capitals
Capitalname Country Distance Direction
1 Tórshavn   Faroe-islands362 km NorthNorthWest
2 GlasgowScotland402 km SouthSouthWest
3 Belfast   Northern-ireland559 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 
 1% 

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 OrkneyUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland40 km SouthSouthWest
2 St KildaUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland368 km WestSouthWest
3 The Forth BridgeUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland373 km SouthSouthWest


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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)


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Current weather at Pierowall

Type of weather in Pierowallclear sky weericoon
Current temperature: 10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours : No precipitation
Wind: 9.01 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction: North East
Air pressure: 1026 mb
Humidity: 91 %
Daylength at 18 May 2025:17 hour and 13 minutes
Sunrise :05:32 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :22:44 Europe/Amsterdam

Weather coming 24 hours

Pierowall - GB (longitude: -2.9772, latitude: 59.3361)
Distance weather station to place (direction NNO): 0 Kilometers

23:00
10 degrees
1027 mbar
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17:00
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