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Island location Sylt in western Europe

For a detailed description of this island, see our info-island-page:Sylt

Physical characteristics - Location

Coordinates:	long: 8.35750 lat : 54.91128
Coordinates (gr,min,sec): WGS84	long: 8°21'27.0144 lat : 54°54'40.6224
Surface area:	104.6 km² (0.275 x Isle of Wight)
Length coastline:	111.4 km
Average height:	7 metre
Length island:	38 km
Maximum width island (estimate):	12.6 km
Name :	Uwe-Düne (52.5 metre)
Orientation island:	North-northeast - South

Demographic data island

Habited:	Yes
Number of inhabitants:	20852
Population density:	210.00 inh/km2
Important places (direction):	List (NNO), Kampen (NW), Wenningstedt (WNW), Braderup (ONO), Munkmarsch (ONO), Tinnum (M), Keitum (O), Morsum (O), Archsum (O),

Naming - Location

Local native name:	Sylt
Archipelago (island group):	North Frisian Islands
Neighboring islands (Island hopping):	1) Rømø 2.8 km NorthEast 2) Amrum 4.8 km SouthEast 3) Föhr 6.7 km EastSouthEast 4) Mandø 24.5 km NorthNorthEast 5) Pellworm 29.9 km SouthEast 6) Fanø 31.5 km North 7) Heligoland-Düne 65.8 km SouthSouthWest 8) Heligoland 66.9 km SouthSouthWest 9) Als 75 km East 10) Bågø 89.3 km EastNorthEast 11) Funen 91.2 km EastNorthEast 12) Lyø 106.1 km East 13) Wangerooge 108.3 km SouthSouthWest 14) Ærø 110.4 km East 15) Spiekeroog 111.6 km SouthSouthWest 16) Langeoog 118 km SouthSouthWest 17) Baltrum 125.5 km SouthSouthWest 18) Norderney 128.9 km SouthSouthWest 19) Tåsinge 130.5 km East 20) Langeland 135.3 km East 21) Endelave 136.9 km NorthEast 22) Juist 141.1 km SouthSouthWest 23) Samsø 154.5 km EastNorthEast 24) Lolland 158.3 km East 25) Borkum 159.5 km SouthWest
Country:	Germany
Location in Country:	North-northwest
Name Land:	State Schleswig-Holstein
Name Kreis:	District Nordfriesland
Main place:	Westerland
Places portal2europe (sister website):	Sylt:Archsum (SouthEast) Wenningstedt-Braderup (Sylt):Braderup (Central) Hoernum (WestNorthWest) Kampen (Sylt) (NorthNorthEast) Sylt:Keitum (Central) List:Klappholttal (NorthNorthEast) List (NorthNorthEast) Moevenberg (NorthNorthEast) Sylt:Morsum (EastSouthEast) Sylt:Munkmarsch (Central) Sylt:Rantum (Sylt) (SouthSouthWest) Wenningstedt-Braderup (Sylt):Wenningstedt (Central) List:Westerheide (NorthNorthEast) Sylt:Westerland (Central)
Location Main place:	West
Sea:	Wadden Sea
Nearest Country:	The Netherlands
Type Water:	sand
island-Type:	island in sea
Remarks:	island connected to mainland through Hindenburgdamm

Topographic islandmap Sylt

Height map of Sylt

Relief: Height Classes in percentages

Relief: Slope Classes in percentages

Weather at Sylt

The weather type in Munkmarsch	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Precipitation last 3 hours:	No precipitation
Wind:	7.72 meter per second (Wind force - bft 4)
Winddirection:	South-southeast
Atmospheric pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 10 November 2025:	8 hour and 44 minutes
Sunrise:	07:48 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset:	16:32 Europe/Amsterdam

Weather-page: Sylt

The weather for the next few hours

Munkmarsch - DE (longitude: 8.3575, latitude: 54.9113)
Distance weather station to the center island (direction Z): 0.83 km

1:00
6 degrees Celcius
1008 mbar
overcast clouds weericoon

4:00
6 degrees Celcius
1007 mbar
light rain weericoon

7:00
10 degrees Celcius
1007 mbar
moderate rain weericoon

10:00
11 degrees Celcius
1009 mbar
light rain weericoon

13:00
11 degrees Celcius
1011 mbar
light rain weericoon

Climate: Temperature and Precipitation

Transport on your island-holiday

Directly accessible from Western Europe (The Netherlands) by plane:	No
International airport present :	No
Accessible by car:	Yes
Distance from Western Europe (The Netherlands) (rough estimate):	498 km
Ferry connection - Car - Car - with mainland:	Yes
Boat Connection - pedestrian - with mainland:	Yes
Ferry - Car - connect with another island - Island hopping:	Yes
Boat Connection - pedestrian - with another island:	Yes
Bicycle facilities:	Yes

island-Island, island-Tourism - island-attractions

Wikipedia:	Wikipedia Sylt
Tourist information:	Info Sylt
Youtube:	Youtube Sylt

island accommodation: Hotel ,Holiday Home, Camping

Hotel	Hotel at Sylt booking.com
Camping	1) Campingplatz Wenningstedt 2) Dunen-Campingplatz Westerland
Holiday Home
Bed & Breakfast
accommodation-page	Sylt

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Landuse Sylt

Forest

0.2 km2

Nature

26.8 km2

26%

Wet nature

11 km2

11%

Agriculture

30.4 km2

29%

Urban area

17.1 km2

16%

Infrastructure

3.9 km2

Sand

8.9 km2

Water

6.3 km2