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Coordinates:	long: -6.04005 lat : 57.40171
Coordinates (gr,min,sec): WGS84	long: -6°2'24.1692 lat : 57°24'6.1524
Surface area:	61.5 km² (0.162 x Isle of Wight)
Length coastline:	53.3 km
Average height:	152 metre
Length island:	20 km
Maximum width island (estimate):	5.9 km
Name :	Dùn Caan (0 metre)
Orientation island:	West-southwest - East-northeast

Habited:	Yes
Number of inhabitants:	161
Population density:	2.50 inh/km2
Important places (direction):	Arnish (N) Brochel (NNO) Fearns (ZO) North Fearns (ZZO) Inverarish (Z) Clachan (ZZW) Oskaig (ZW) Balachuirn (WZW) Balmeanach (WZW) Glame (W)

Local native name:	Isle of Raasay
Archipelago (island group):
Neighboring islands (Island hopping):	1) Skye 1.1 km SouthWest 2) Isle of Rona 1.2 km NorthNorthEast 3) Scalpay 1.4 km SouthSouthEast 4) Soay 20.1 km SouthSouthWest 5) Rùm 34.3 km SouthSouthWest 6) Canna 39.1 km SouthWest 7) Eigg 43.2 km South 8) Muck 54.8 km South 9) Scalpay 54.8 km NorthWest 10) Lewis Harris 55.9 km NorthNorthWest 11) North Uist 63.2 km WestNorthWest 12) South Uist 66.8 km West 13) Benbecula 67.1 km West 14) Grimsay 67.3 km West 15) Berneray 71.3 km WestNorthWest 16) Mull 75 km South 17) Coll 75.3 km SouthSouthWest 18) Baleshare 76.5 km West 19) Eriskay 77 km WestSouthWest 20) Barra 87.5 km WestSouthWest 21) Great Bernera 90.5 km NorthNorthWest 22) Lismore 92.5 km SouthSouthEast 23) Ulva 92.9 km South 24) Tiree 96.1 km SouthSouthWest 25) Kerrera 105.9 km SouthSouthEast
Country:
Location in Country:
Name :
Name :
Main place:	Inverarish
Places portal2europe (sister website):	Arnish (NorthNorthEast) Balachuirn (WestSouthWest) Balmeanach (Central) Brochel (NorthNorthEast) Clachan (SouthWest) Glame (Central) Inverarish (SouthSouthWest) North Fearns (South) Oskaig (SouthWest)
Location Main place:	South-southwest
Sea:
Distance to main land:	6.5 km
Nearest Country:
Type Rock outcrop:	sand
island-Type:
Remarks:

The weather type in Portree	broken clouds
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Precipitation last 3 hours:	No precipitation
Wind:	4.26 meter per second (Wind force - bft 3)
Winddirection:	North
Atmospheric pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	60 %
Daylength at 24 April 2024:	15 hour and 3 minutes
Sunrise:	06:50 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset:	21:53 Europe/Amsterdam

Weather-page: Isle of Raasay

Portree - GB (longitude: -6.0401, latitude: 57.4017)
Distance weather station to the center island (direction O): 9.33 km

17:00
6 degrees Celcius
1016 mbar
broken clouds weericoon

20:00
5 degrees Celcius
1013 mbar
broken clouds weericoon

23:00
4 degrees Celcius
1010 mbar
overcast clouds weericoon

2:00
4 degrees Celcius
1008 mbar
broken clouds weericoon

5:00
3 degrees Celcius
1007 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