Administrative division(s):

• Level 1: Schleswig-Holstein
• Level 3: Kreis Nordfriesland
• Level 4: Sylt

Current local time in Rantum:

06:15 PM, Thursday
Difference from your time zone: hours

Rantum on map:^[1]

Rantum GPS coordinates^[2]

54° 50' 44.448" North, 8° 17' 35.88" East

Map corner	latitude	longitude
Upper-left	55.2485°,	7.59017°
Center:	54.84568°,	8.2933°
Lower-right:	54.4388°,	8.99642°
Map W x H:	90×90 km	= 55.9×55.9mi

max Lat:	55.01917°   ⇑0.2% North
Rantum:	54.84568°
min Lat:	⇓99.8% South 47.40724°

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min Long	Rantum	max Long
5.92978°	8.2933°	14.98853°
W 27%⇐		⇒73% E

Elevation

Elevation of Rantum is 5 m = 16 ft, and this is 244.1 m = 801 ft below average elevation for this country.

Max E:	1256 m = 4121 ft	96.6%
Avg.	249.1 m = 817 ft
Rantum	5 m = 16 ft
Min E:	-5 m = -16 ft	3.4%

See also: Germany elevation on elevation.city.

Geographical zone

Rantum is located in North temperate zone (between Tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle). Distance of this North polar circle is 1302.9 km =809.6 mi to North.

Distance of	km	miles	from Rantum
North Pole	3908.8	2428.8	to North
Arctic Circle	1302.9	809.6	to North
Tropic Cancer	3492.3	2170	to South
Equator	6098.3	3789.3	to South

Nearby cities:

15 places around Rantum: (largest is in red/bold)

• Alkersum 20.6 km =12.8 mi, 137°
• Borgsum 19.3 km =12 mi, 146°
• Dunsum 15.3 km =9.5 mi, 146°
• Hörnum 9.8 km =6.1 mi, 181°
• Kampen 12.4 km =7.7 mi, 14°
• Keitum 7.3 km =4.5 mi, 43°
• Midlum 20.6 km =12.8 mi, 134°
• Norddorf 18.6 km =11.6 mi, 172°
• Oldsum 16 km =9.9 mi, 142°
• Sylt-Ost 7.8 km =4.8 mi, 77°
• Süderende 16.2 km =10.1 mi, 144°
• Tinnum 6.5 km =4 mi, 23°
• Utersum 16.3 km =10.1 mi, 153°
• Westerland 6.9 km =4.3 mi, 5°
• Witsum 18.8 km =11.7 mi, 149°