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General information - Location

Country	Austria
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 13.7821,Lat: 46.7303
Elevation	857 meter above sea level
Local time	9:45:59am
Name province/region	Kärnten
Name Subregion	Villach Land
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Afritz am See

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Kraa	0.6 km	SouthEast
2 Afritz am See	1.3 km	EastSouthEast
3 Erlach	4.2 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Äußere Einöde	5.2 km	SouthEast
5 Arriach	5.2 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Ljubljana	Slovenia	93 km	SouthEast
2 Zagreb	Croatia	197 km	EastSouthEast
3 Wien	Austria	255 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 105 km (direction South).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Drau, part of the larger catchment area Danube Region Basin District. The nearest bigger lake is Afritzer See (0.5 km² at a height of around 749 meter above sea level) at a distance of 1.1 km in NorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Rosennock with a height of 2440 meter (at a distance of 17.1 km and direction NorthNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Slovian-Austrian border with a straight distance of 23.4 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 33 km.The nearest tripoint border within 25 km is the Italian Austrian Slovenian tripoint with a straight distance of 23.6 km (direction South).
Elevation around place: low mountains: 11%, moderate high mountains: 51%, high mountains: 38%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Zentralalpen - südöstlicher Teil

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Ljubljana Jože Pucnik Airport (at a distance of 76 km and direction SouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Klagenfurt Airport (at a distance of 44 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

55.5 km2

70.7%

Nature

9 km2

11.4%

Agriculture

11.1 km2

14.2%

Urban area

1.7 km2

2.2%

Water - Lakes

0.8 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Gassen in country Austria

Gassen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Longobards in Italy. Places of the Power (568-774 A.D.)	Italy	76 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Hallstatt-Dachstein / Salzkammergut Cultural Landscape	Austria	93 km	North
3 The works of Jože Plečnik in Ljubljana – Human Centred Urban Design	Slovenia	94 km	SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Grünspitz-Streifenfarn in Radenthein	AT	11 km	NorthWest

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Filming Location	IMDB Gassen
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Carinthia

Type of weather in Carinthia	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.75 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1006 mb
Humidity:	98 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 28 minutes
Sunrise :	05:47 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:15 Europe/Amsterdam