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General information - Location

Country	Italy
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 14.7591,Lat: 38.1349
Elevation	417 meter above sea level
Local time	19:01:17pm
At island	Sicily
Name province/region (Regione)	Sicilia
Wiki-website Subregion (Provincia)	Messina
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Naso
Other place with same name 1	Cresta Graubünden - Hinterrhein
Other place with same name 2	Cresta Graubünden - Hinterrhein - Avers

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Caria Ferro	1.8 km	WestSouthWest
2 Catutè	1.8 km	NorthWest
3 Malò	2.2 km	SouthSouthWest
4 San Gregorio-Bagnoli	2.3 km	North
5 Scafa	2.4 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Valletta	Malta	247 km	South
2 Roma	Italy	457 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Città del Vaticano	Vatican-city	460 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Tyrrhenian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is very close with only a distance of around 2 km (direction NorthNorthEast). The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Lago Ancipa (1 km² at a height of around 948 meter above sea level) at a distance of 37 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Monte Soro with a height of 1846 meter (at a distance of 23.2 km and direction South).The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Vulcano (Stratovolcano) at a distance of 34.7 km (direction NorthNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the Vatican-Italian border with a straight distance of 459.8 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 644 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 6%, low location: 45%, hill: 45%, low mountains: 4%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Catania-Fontanarossa Airport (at a distance of 78 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Reggio Calabria Airport (at a distance of 79 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

11.4 km2

19.9%

Nature

3.8 km2

6.6%

Agriculture

36.6 km2

64%

Urban area

4.8 km2

8.5%

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.5%

Water - Lakes

0.3 km2

0.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Cresta in country Italy

Cresta at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands)	Italy	42 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Mount Etna	Italy	47 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Villa Romana del Casale	Italy	93 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Stretta di Longi	IT	7.2 km	South

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Capo d'Orlando

Type of weather in Capo d'Orlando	broken clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.2 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	73 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 57 minutes
Sunrise :	06:48 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:45 Europe/Amsterdam