GrotteGeneral information - Location
| Country | Italy | | Location in country | 
South | | Location in Europe | South Europe | | Coordinates (WGS84) | Long: 15.3617,Lat: 37.966  |
| Elevation | 194 meter above sea level | | Local time | 0:09:22am |
| At island | Sicily | | Name province/region (Regione) | Sicilia | | Wiki-website Subregion (Provincia) | Messina | | Name Sub(sub)region - municipality | Furci Siculo | | Other place with same name 1 | 
Grotte
Campania - Salerno | | Other place with same name 2 |
Grotte
Sicilia - Agrigento |
Nearest 5 places
Nearest 3 capitals
| Capitalname |
Country |
Distance |
Direction |
| 1 Valletta | 
Malta | 241 km | 
SouthSouthWest
| | 2 Roma | Italy | 497 km | 
NorthNorthWest
| | 3 Città del Vaticano | 
Vatican-city | 500 km |
NorthNorthWest
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Characteristics - Physical GeographyThe Ionian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is very close with only a distance of around 2 km (direction EastSouthEast). The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Lago Ancipa (1 km2 at a height of around 948 meter above sea level) at a distance of 71.2 km in WestSouthWestern direction).
The nearest mountain is Pizzo di Verna with a height of 1287 meter (at a distance of 11.7 km and direction WestNorthWest).The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Mount Etna (Shield volcano) at a distance of 40.9 km (direction SouthWest).
The most nearby international border is the
Albanian-Greek border with a straight distance of 449.8 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 630 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 1%, low location: 42%, hill: 41%, low mountains: 15%, moderate high mountains: 1%, The hills are mainly southern 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 61 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Reggio Calabria Airport (at a distance of 28 km in EastNorthEastern direction).
Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)
| Forest |
1.2 km2 |
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| Nature |
12.2 km2 |
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| Agriculture |
35.9 km2 |
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| Urban area |
5.4 km2 |
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| Water - Lakes |
3.1 km2 |
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Climate - Temperature and Precipitation
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Location of Grotte in country Italy
Grotte at Physical map (height map)
Tourist information - Travel Guide
Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites
Nearest Natura2000-area
Social media - Maps
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Hotels at Grotte 
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