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Coordinates:	long: -10.54034 lat : 51.77123
Coordinates (gr,min,sec): WGS84	long: -11°27'34.7760 lat : 51°46'16.4280
Surface area:	0.2 km² (0.001 x Isle of Wight)
Length coastline:	4.5 km
Average height:	38 metre
Length island:	0.80 km
Maximum width island (estimate):	0.50 km
Name :	not known/no name (0 metre)
Orientation island:	South-southwest - North-northeast

Local native name:	Great Skellig
Archipelago (island group):
Neighboring islands (Island hopping):	1) Skellig Rock Little 1.8 km EastNorthEast 2) Valencia 13.8 km NorthNorthEast 3) Dursey 29.2 km SouthEast 4) Great Blasket 33.2 km North 5) Bear 45.7 km EastSouthEast 6) Whiddy 69.9 km East 7) Long 72.9 km EastSouthEast 8) Clear 79.7 km EastSouthEast 9) Hare 81 km EastSouthEast 10) Sherkin 83 km EastSouthEast 11) Inishmaan 156.6 km NorthNorthEast 12) Inisheer 156.7 km NorthNorthEast 13) Inishmore 158.1 km NorthNorthEast 14) Gorumna 171.1 km NorthNorthEast 15) Omey 196.1 km North 16) Inishbofin 205.1 km North 17) Clare 226.5 km North 18) Achill 236.8 km North 19) Bryher 356.2 km EastSouthEast 20) Tresco 356.6 km EastSouthEast 21) Ramsey Island 357.3 km East 22) St Martins 359.1 km EastSouthEast 23) Lambay 359.4 km NorthEast 24) Skomer Island 360.6 km East 25) St Marys 361.1 km EastSouthEast
Country:
Location in Country:
Name :
Name :
Sea:
Distance to main land:	12 km
Nearest Country:
Type Rock outcrop:	rocky surface
island-Type:	island in sea
Remarks:

The weather type in Portmagee	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Precipitation last 3 hours:	No precipitation
Wind:	7.27 meter per second (Wind force - bft 4)
Winddirection:	Northwest
Atmospheric pressure:	1029 mb
Humidity:	67 %
Daylength at 14 December 2024:	7 hour and 50 minutes
Sunrise:	09:42 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset:	17:31 Europe/Amsterdam

Weather-page: Great Skellig

Portmagee - IE (longitude: -10.5403, latitude: 51.7712)
Distance weather station to the center island (direction ZW): 16.56 km

10:00
10 degrees Celcius
1030 mbar
light rain weericoon

13:00
11 degrees Celcius
1029 mbar
light rain weericoon

16:00
11 degrees Celcius
1030 mbar
light rain weericoon

19:00
11 degrees Celcius
1031 mbar
overcast clouds weericoon

22:00
11 degrees Celcius
1031 mbar
light rain weericoon

Directly accessible from Western Europe (The Netherlands) by plane:	No
International airport present :	No
Accessible by car:	No
Distance from Western Europe (The Netherlands) (rough estimate):	0 km
Ferry connection - Car - Car - with mainland:	No
Boat Connection - pedestrian - with mainland:	No
Ferry - Car - connect with another island - Island hopping:	No
Boat Connection - pedestrian - with another island:	No
Bicycle facilities:	No