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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 9.1421,Lat: 47.1494
Elevation	1127 meter above sea level
Local time	3:44:20am
Name province/region	St. Gallen
Name Subregion	See-Gaster
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Amden

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Arvenbüel	2.5 km	East
2 Fly	2.8 km	WestSouthWest
3 Obstalden	3.6 km	South
4 Weesen	3.7 km	WestSouthWest
5 Mühlehorn	4.3 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	29 km	East
2 Bern	Switzerland	131 km	West
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	353 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 303 km (direction South).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Aare, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Walensee (23.2 km² at a height of around 418 meter above sea level) at a distance of 1.3 km in Southern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Liechtenstein-Swiss border with a straight distance of 26.3 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 37 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 19%, low mountains: 12%, moderate high mountains: 41%, high mountains: 28%, 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 forest.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Kalkberglandschaft der Nordalpen -- Paysage montagnard calcaire des Alpes septentrionales

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 57 km and direction NorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

36 km2

45.8%

Nature

8 km2

10.2%

Agriculture

21.9 km2

27.8%

Urban area

2.3 km2

Water - Lakes

10.4 km2

13.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Amden in country Switzerland

Amden at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona	Switzerland	27 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	35 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Monastic Island of Reichenau	Germany	61 km	North

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Amden

Type of weather in Amden	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.57 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	52 %
Daylength at 22 May 2024:	15 hour and 21 minutes
Sunrise :	05:39 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:00 Europe/Amsterdam