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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.5614,Lat: 46.5186
Elevation	1406 meter above sea level
Local time	18:28:48pm
Name province/region (Kanton)	Ticino
Wiki-website Subregion (Bezirk)	Leventina
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Airolo
Other place with same name 1	Fontana Ticino - Vallemaggia
Other place with same name 2	Fontana Veneto - Venezia
Other place with same name 3	Fontana Veneto - Venezia - Mirano
Other place with same name 4	Fontana Veneto - Padova
Other place with same name 5	Fontana Lombardia - Brescia
Other place with same name 6	Fontana Lombardia - Lodi
Other place with same name 7	Fontana Emilia-Romagna - Reggio nell'Emilia
Other place with same name 8	Fontana Emilia-Romagna - Bologna
Other place with same name 9	Fontana Toscana - Siena
Other place with same name 10	Fontana Fontana - Siena

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Ossasco	1.8 km	WestSouthWest
2 Villa	3 km	WestSouthWest
3 Airolo	3.8 km	EastNorthEast
4 Bedretto	3.9 km	WestSouthWest
5 Nante	4.4 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	98 km	WestNorthWest
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	101 km	NorthEast
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	322 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 233 km (direction South).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Po main - Medium - Adda, Ticino, part of the larger catchment area Po Basin. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Lago del Naret (0.7 km² at a height of around 2309 meter above sea level) at a distance of 4.1 km in Southern direction).

The nearest mountain is Passo del S. Gottardo with a height of 2091 meter (at a distance of 4.2 km and direction North). The most nearby international border is the Italian-Swiss border with a straight distance of 10.6 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 15 km.
Elevation around place: moderate high mountains: 11%, high mountains: 89%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.

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

Name
Hochgelegene Berglandschaft der Inneralpen -- Paysage montagnard d’altitude des Alpes centrales

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Malpensa International Airport (at a distance of 99 km and direction South).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

15 km2

19.1%

Nature

44.9 km2

57.2%

Agriculture

5.3 km2

6.7%

Urban area

0.6 km2

0.8%

Infrastructure

0.4 km2

0.5%

Rock-Sand

11.5 km2

14.6%

Water - Lakes

0.9 km2

1.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Fontana in country Switzerland

Fontana at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch	Switzerland	41 km	West
2 Three Castles, Defensive Wall and Ramparts of the Market-Town of Bellinzona	Switzerland	51 km	SouthEast
3 Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona	Switzerland	69 km	NorthEast

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Hospental

Type of weather in Hospental	broken clouds
Current temperature:	-12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.04 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1025 mb
Humidity:	95 %
Daylength at 3 December 2024:	8 hour and 48 minutes
Sunrise :	07:51 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:39 Europe/Amsterdam