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Where is Rapness?

Rapness is located in the county of Orkney, Scotland, 19 miles north of the town of Kirkwall, 148 miles north of the major city of Aberdeen, 228 miles north of Edinburgh, 537 miles north of Cardiff, and 545 miles north of London. Rapness falls within the unitary authority of Orkney Islands. It is in the KW17 postcode district. The post town for Rapness is Orkney.

Rapness on a map

Map showing extent of Rapness as bounding box
Bounding box showing extent of Rapness
Map showing location of Rapness within the UK
Location of Rapness within the UK

Which county is Rapness in?

Rapness is in the ceremonial county of Orkney, the historic county of Orkney, and the administrative county of Orkney Islands.

Ceremonial CountyOrkney
Historic CountyOrkney
Administrative CountyOrkney Islands

Where is Rapness in Orkney?

Rapness is situated towards the northernmost extremity of Orkney, and towards the easternmost extremity of Orkney.

Map showing location of Rapness within Orkney
Location of Rapness within Orkney

Where is Rapness in KW17?

Rapness is situated towards the northernmost extremity of the KW17 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the KW17 postcode district.

Map showing location of Rapness within KW17
Location of Rapness within KW17

What is the post town for Rapness?

The post town for Rapness is Orkney. Rapness is in the KW17 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Orkney.

What is the latitude and longitude of Rapness?

The centre of Rapness is located at position 59.24448° latitude and -2.8681° longitude.

Latitude59.24448°
Longitude-2.8681°

What is the easting and northing of Rapness?

The centre of Rapness is located at the grid reference easting 350579 and northing 1040090 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting350579
Northing1040090

What are the nearest towns to Rapness?

Position of Rapness relative to nearby towns. Distance is measured from the centre of Rapness to the centre of the town.

north
19m
Rapness is 19 miles north of Kirkwall
north-east
25m
Rapness is 25 miles north-east of Stromness
north-east
51m
Rapness is 51 miles north-east of Thurso
north
56m
Rapness is 56 miles north of Wick
south-west
87m
Rapness is 87 miles south-west of Lerwick
north-east
103m
Rapness is 103 miles north-east of Dornoch
north
106m
Rapness is 106 miles north of Lossiemouth
north
107m
Rapness is 107 miles north of Findochty
north
108m
Rapness is 108 miles north of Cullen
north-east
108m
Rapness is 108 miles north-east of Tain

What are the nearest cities to Rapness?

Position of Rapness relative to nearby cities. Distance is measured from the centre of Rapness to the centre of the city.

north-east
132m
Rapness is 132 miles north-east of Inverness
north
148m
Rapness is 148 miles north of Aberdeen
north
193m
Rapness is 193 miles north of Dundee
north
198m
Rapness is 198 miles north of Perth
north
220m
Rapness is 220 miles north of Stirling
north
221m
Rapness is 221 miles north of Dunfermline
north
228m
Rapness is 228 miles north of Edinburgh
north
239m
Rapness is 239 miles north of Glasgow
north
299m
Rapness is 299 miles north of Newcastle upon Tyne
north
301m
Rapness is 301 miles north of Carlisle