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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.5223,Lat: 47.0639
Elevation	417 meter above sea level
Local time	18:47:46pm
Name province/region (Kanton)	Schwyz
Wiki-website Subregion (Bezirk)	Schwyz
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Arth
Other place with same name 1	Arth Bayern - Niederbayern

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Walchwil	4.2 km	North
2 Rigi Kaltbad	4.7 km	WestSouthWest
3 Steinerberg	4.9 km	EastSouthEast
4 Lauerz	5.5 km	SouthEast
5 Vitznau	6.7 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	76 km	East
2 Bern	Switzerland	83 km	West
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	334 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 293 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 Zuger See (Lac de Zoug) (36.1 km² at a height of around 412 meter above sea level) at a distance of 0.1 km in NorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Vierwaldstätter See with a height of 434 meter (at a distance of 8.7 km and direction SouthSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the German-Swiss border with a straight distance of 56.3 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 79 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 27%, low mountains: 23%, moderate high mountains: 38%, high mountains: 12%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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 44 km and direction North).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

29.6 km2

37.8%

Nature

1.2 km2

1.5%

Agriculture

31.3 km2

39.8%

Urban area

4.2 km2

5.4%

Water - Lakes

12.2 km2

15.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Arth in country Switzerland

Arth at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps	Austria,France,Germany, Italy,Slovenia,Switzerland	34 km	NorthWest
2 Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona	Switzerland	58 km	EastSouthEast
3 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch	Switzerland	73 km	SouthSouthWest

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Arth

Type of weather in Arth	heavy snow
Current temperature:	-1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.03 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	992 mb
Humidity:	100 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 7 minutes
Sunrise :	07:38 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:45 Europe/Amsterdam