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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.4434,Lat: 46.4575
Elevation	1116 meter above sea level
Local time	17:46:25pm
Name province/region (Kanton)	Bern
Wiki-website Subregion (Bezirk)	Obersimmental-Saanen
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Lenk

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 St. Stephan	7.4 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Adelboden	9.7 km	EastNorthEast
3 Lauenen	10 km	WestSouthWest
4 Hindere Rychestei	11.7 km	NorthWest
5 Zweisimmen	12.1 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	54 km	North
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	176 km	EastNorthEast
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	302 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 247 km (direction SouthSouthEast).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 Lac de Tseuzier (0.8 km² at a height of around 1776 meter above sea level) at a distance of 11.3 km in Southern direction).

The nearest mountain is Jaunpass with a height of 1509 meter (at a distance of 17 km and direction NorthNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 48 km in Western direction. The estimated travel distance is around 67 km.
Elevation around place: moderate high mountains: 31%, high mountains: 69%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly 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 Geneva Cointrin International Airport (at a distance of 106 km and direction West).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

24.3 km2

30.9%

Nature

29.1 km2

37%

Agriculture

22.7 km2

28.9%

Urban area

1.5 km2

1.9%

Infrastructure

0.2 km2

0.3%

Rock-Sand

0.8 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Lenk in country Switzerland

Lenk 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	East
2 The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement	Belgium,France, Germany,Switzerland	47 km	West
3 Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces	Switzerland	54 km	West

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Lenk
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	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Lenk

Type of weather in Lenk	snow
Current temperature:	-3 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.83 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	993 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 11 minutes
Sunrise :	07:40 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:51 Europe/Amsterdam