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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.5868,Lat: 46.6685
Elevation	1327 meter above sea level
Local time	3:06:05am
Name province/region (Kanton)	Uri
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Göschenen

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Andermatt	3.8 km	South
2 Wassen	4.3 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Hospental	5.9 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Wiler	7.4 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Gurtnellen	8.4 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	88 km	NorthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	93 km	WestNorthWest
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	338 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 249 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 Göscheneralpsee (1.3 km² at a height of around 1791 meter above sea level) at a distance of 7.2 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Pizzo Centrale with a height of 2999 meter (at a distance of 10.3 km and direction South). The most nearby international border is the Italian-Swiss border with a straight distance of 25.2 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 35 km.
Elevation around place: moderate high mountains: 17%, high mountains: 83%, The hills are mainly southeastern 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
Steile Berglandschaft der Nordalpen -- Paysage montagnard abrupt des Alpes septentrionales

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 88 km and direction North).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

13.4 km2

17%

Nature

40.1 km2

51.1%

Agriculture

6.9 km2

8.8%

Urban area

1.4 km2

1.8%

Rock-Sand

16.6 km2

21.2%

Ice - Glacier

0 km2

0.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Göschenen in country Switzerland

Göschenen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch	Switzerland	46 km	WestSouthWest
2 Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona	Switzerland	58 km	EastNorthEast
3 Three Castles, Defensive Wall and Ramparts of the Market-Town of Bellinzona	Switzerland	63 km	SouthSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Göschenen

Type of weather in Göschenen	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	6 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.8 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1029 mb
Humidity:	61 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	8 hour and 33 minutes
Sunrise :	08:05 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:39 Europe/Amsterdam