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General information - Location

Country	Italy
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 15.7965,Lat: 39.8108
Elevation	20 meter above sea level
Local time	18:09:38pm
Name province/region (Regione)	Calabria
Wiki-website Subregion (Provincia)	Cosenza
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Scalea

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Profondiero	2.9 km	North
2 Fiume Lao	3.1 km	South
3 San Nicola Arcella	3.6 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Santa Domenica Talao	5.1 km	EastNorthEast
5 Marcellina	5.4 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Roma	Italy	361 km	NorthWest
2 Città del Vaticano	Vatican-city	365 km	NorthWest
3 Tirane	Albania	382 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Scalea lies at the Tyrrhenian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) (direction WestSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Southern Appenines coastal: Sele, part of the larger catchment area Southern Appenines. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is LAGO DI COGLIANDRINO (0.9 km² at a height of around 675 meter above sea level) at a distance of 31.8 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Monte Ciagola with a height of 1462 meter (at a distance of 15.5 km and direction NorthNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the Albanian-Greek border with a straight distance of 362.8 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 508 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 18%, low location: 64%, hill: 14%, low mountains: 5%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately 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 175 km and direction NorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Lamezia Terme Airport (at a distance of 107 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

6.7 km2

13.8%

Nature

6.3 km2

13%

Agriculture

28.1 km2

58%

Urban area

5.9 km2

12.2%

Infrastructure

0.4 km2

0.8%

Rock-Sand

0.8 km2

1.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Scalea in country Italy

Scalea at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park with the Archeological Sites of Paestum and Velia, and the Certosa di Padula	Italy	69 km	NorthWest
2 The Sassi and the Park of the Rupestrian Churches of Matera	Italy	118 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Costiera Amalfitana	Italy	136 km	NorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Fondali Isola di Dino-Capo Scalea	IT	3.1 km	NorthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Scalea

Type of weather in Scalea	broken clouds
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.48 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1011 mb
Humidity:	73 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 48 minutes
Sunrise :	06:48 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:37 Europe/Amsterdam