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Rantum (Sylt)

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	20:46:28pm
At island	Sylt
Name province/region (Bundesland)	Schleswig-Holstein
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Nordfriesland
Name Gemeinde	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 wet-nature.

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	clear sky
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	8.75 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	82 %
Daylength at 13 October 2026:	10 hour and 43 minutes
Sunrise :	07:51 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	18:34 Europe/Amsterdam

Weather coming 24 hours

Sylt-Ost - DE (longitude: 8.293, latitude: 54.847)
Distance weather station to place (direction