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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.1595,Lat: 46.7864
Elevation	722 meter above sea level
Local time	2:43:16am
Name province/region (Kanton)	Obwalden
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Lungern

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Kaiserstuhl	3.3 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Brünigen	4.1 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Hohfluh	4.2 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Kleinteil	4.9 km	North
5 Wasserwendi	5.3 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	57 km	WestNorthWest
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	111 km	EastNorthEast
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	344 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 266 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 Lungerersee (1.8 km² at a height of around 688 meter above sea level) at a distance of 0.2 km in NorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Brünigpass with a height of 1008 meter (at a distance of 3.8 km and direction SouthSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Italian-Swiss border with a straight distance of 40.4 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 57 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 1%, low mountains: 14%, moderate high mountains: 44%, high mountains: 41%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is forest.

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 80 km and direction NorthNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

39 km2

49.7%

Nature

21.5 km2

27.4%

Agriculture

14 km2

17.8%

Urban area

0.9 km2

1.1%

Rock-Sand

1.1 km2

1.4%

Water - Lakes

2 km2

2.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Lungern in country Switzerland

Lungern at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch	Switzerland	33 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps	Austria,France,Germany, Italy,Slovenia,Switzerland	55 km	North
3 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	57 km	WestNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Lungern

Type of weather in Lungern	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	-2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.54 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1028 mb
Humidity:	100 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	8 hour and 32 minutes
Sunrise :	08:07 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:40 Europe/Amsterdam