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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.6723,Lat: 46.7691
Elevation	640 meter above sea level
Local time	19:03:10pm
Name province/region (Kanton)	Uri
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Silenen

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Bristen	1.3 km	East
2 Intschi	2 km	WestSouthWest
3 Silenen	2.6 km	North
4 Gurtnellen	4.8 km	SouthWest
5 Wiler	5.7 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	77 km	EastNorthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	96 km	WestNorthWest
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	351 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 260 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 Vierwaldstätter See (Lac des Quatre Cantons) (110 km² at a height of around 433 meter above sea level) at a distance of 14.3 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Uri-Rotstock with a height of 2929 meter (at a distance of 14.7 km and direction NorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Italian-Swiss border with a straight distance of 38.1 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 53 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 2%, low mountains: 14%, moderate high mountains: 35%, high mountains: 50%, The hills are mainly western 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
Tallandschaft der Nordalpen -- Paysage de vallées des Alpes septentrionales

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 77 km and direction North).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

34 km2

43.3%

Nature

25.7 km2

32.7%

Agriculture

9.5 km2

12.1%

Urban area

0.9 km2

1.1%

Rock-Sand

8.4 km2

10.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Amsteg in country Switzerland

Amsteg at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona	Switzerland	47 km	EastNorthEast
2 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch	Switzerland	57 km	WestSouthWest
3 Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps	Austria,France,Germany, Italy,Slovenia,Switzerland	67 km	NorthNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Amsteg

Type of weather in Amsteg	snow
Current temperature:	-2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.83 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	996 mb
Humidity:	94 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 9 minutes
Sunrise :	07:36 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:45 Europe/Amsterdam