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General information - Location

Country	Italy
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 15.001,Lat: 37.6085
Elevation	668 meter above sea level
Local time	2:43:57am
At island	Sicily
Name province/region (Regione)	Sicilia
Wiki-website Subregion (Provincia)	Catania
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Belpasso

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Frumenti	1.6 km	SouthEast
2 Belpasso	2.2 km	SouthWest
3 Villaggio del Pino-Le Ginestre	2.4 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Nicolosi	2.5 km	EastNorthEast
5 Mascalucia	3.4 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Valletta	Malta	194 km	South
2 Roma	Italy	519 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Città del Vaticano	Vatican-city	521 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ionian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 13 km (direction SouthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Lago di Lentini (7.2 km² at a height of around 42 meter above sea level) at a distance of 30.1 km in Southern direction).

The nearest mountain is Monte Etna with a height of 3323 meter (at a distance of 15.6 km and direction North).The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Mount Etna (Shield volcano) at a distance of 13.8 km (direction North). The most nearby international border is the Albanian-Greek border with a straight distance of 496.9 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 696 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 18%, low mountains: 56%, moderate high mountains: 26%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly 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 17 km and direction SouthSouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

3.2 km2

4.1%

Nature

15.3 km2

19.4%

Agriculture

33.6 km2

42.8%

Urban area

19.9 km2

25.3%

Rock-Sand

5.7 km2

7.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Pietra Forcella in country Italy

Pietra Forcella at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Mount Etna	Italy	16 km	North
2 Villa Romana del Casale	Italy	65 km	WestSouthWest
3 Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica	Italy	66 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Monte Arso	IT	7.2 km	NorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Belpasso

Type of weather in Belpasso	clear sky
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.34 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1030 mb
Humidity:	67 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	9 hour and 34 minutes
Sunrise :	07:09 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:43 Europe/Amsterdam