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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 9.1536,Lat: 46.9817
Elevation	881 meter above sea level
Local time	21:30:05pm
Name province/region (Kanton)	Glarus
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Glarus Süd
Other place with same name 1	Engi Solothurn - Thierstein

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Sool	5.6 km	WestNorthWest
2 Mitlödi	6.5 km	WestNorthWest
3 Schwändi	7.1 km	WestNorthWest
4 Haslen	7.3 km	West
5 Nidfurn	7.4 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	33 km	EastNorthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	130 km	West
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	369 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 285 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 (reservoir) is Klöntaler See (2.8 km² at a height of around 847 meter above sea level) at a distance of 12.7 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Hausstock with a height of 3158 meter (at a distance of 13.7 km and direction SouthSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Liechtenstein-Swiss border with a straight distance of 25.7 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 36 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 3%, moderate high mountains: 33%, high mountains: 64%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is nature.

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 70 km and direction NorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

31.3 km2

39.8%

Nature

36.4 km2

46.3%

Agriculture

5.2 km2

6.6%

Urban area

0.9 km2

1.1%

Rock-Sand

4.9 km2

6.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Engi in country Switzerland

Engi at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona	Switzerland	10 km	SouthEast
2 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	52 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes	Italy,Switzerland	75 km	SouthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Engi

Type of weather in Engi	snow
Current temperature:	-2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.78 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	993 mb
Humidity:	44 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 8 minutes
Sunrise :	07:35 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:43 Europe/Amsterdam