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General information - Location

Country	Italy
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 14.4045,Lat: 42.3531
Elevation	43 meter above sea level
Local time	21:24:37pm
Name province/region	Abruzzo
Name Subregion	Chieti
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Ortona

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Santa Lucia	2.2 km	South
2 San Donato-Moro	2.8 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Gagliarda III	3 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Villa San Nicola	3.4 km	WestSouthWest
5 Gagliarda	3.8 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Roma	Italy	166 km	WestSouthWest
2 Città del Vaticano	Vatican-city	170 km	WestSouthWest
3 San Marino	San-marino	237 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Ortona lies at the Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) (direction NorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Middle Appenines - Adriatic, part of the larger catchment area Middle Appenines River Basin District. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Lago di Sant'Angelo (1.1 km² at a height of around 228 meter above sea level) at a distance of 31 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Torre Mucchia with a height of 58 meter (at a distance of 3.4 km and direction NorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Vatican-Italian border with a straight distance of 169.1 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 237 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 3%, low location: 97%, The hills are mainly northeastern 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 Naples International Airport (at a distance of 163 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Abruzzo Airport (at a distance of 20 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

3.4 km2

8.6%

Agriculture

23.2 km2

58.9%

Viticulture

8.8 km2

22.3%

Urban area

3.2 km2

8.1%

Infrastructure

0.7 km2

1.7%

Rock-Sand

0.1 km2

0.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Ortona in country Italy

Ortona at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Villa d'Este, Tivoli	Italy	140 km	WestSouthWest
2 18th-Century Royal Palace at Caserta with the Park, the Aqueduct of Vanvitelli, and the San Leucio Complex	Italy	142 km	South
3 Villa Adriana (Tivoli)	Italy	143 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Fosso delle Farfalle (sublitorale chietino)	IT	6.3 km	SouthEast

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Ortona

Type of weather in Ortona	clear sky
Current temperature:	18 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.96 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	71 %
Daylength at 17 May 2024:	14 hour and 40 minutes
Sunrise :	05:38 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:18 Europe/Amsterdam