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General 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	0:23:33am
At island	Sicily
Name province/region	Sicilia
Name Subregion	Messina
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Furci Siculo

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Furci Siculo	1.5 km	EastSouthEast
2 Rocchenere	1.6 km	NorthEast
3 Pagliara	2.1 km	North
4 Santa Teresa di Riva	2.2 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Savoca	2.3 km	SouthWest

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

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The 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

Nature

12.2 km2

21.1%

Agriculture

35.9 km2

62.1%

Urban area

5.4 km2

9.4%

Water - Lakes

3.1 km2

5.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Grotte in country Italy

Grotte at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Mount Etna	Italy	40 km	SouthWest
2 Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands)	Italy	68 km	NorthWest
3 Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica	Italy	100 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Fiume Fiumedinisi, Monte Scuderi	IT	5.4 km	North

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Furci Siculo

Type of weather in Furci Siculo	broken clouds
Current temperature:	17 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.59 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	79 %
Daylength at 14 May 2024:	14 hour and 12 minutes
Sunrise :	05:49 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:00 Europe/Amsterdam