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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 9.2417,Lat: 47.1081
Elevation	489 meter above sea level
Local time	3:09:42am
Name province/region	St. Gallen
Name Subregion	Sarganserland
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Quarten

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Unterterzen	1.1 km	EastNorthEast
2 Oberterzen	1.3 km	EastSouthEast
3 Murg	2.1 km	WestNorthWest
4 Mols	2.7 km	East
5 Quinten	3.1 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	22 km	East
2 Bern	Switzerland	138 km	West
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	362 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 300 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 is Walensee (23.2 km² at a height of around 418 meter above sea level) at a distance of 0.6 km in Northern direction).

The nearest mountain is Vaduz with a height of 455 meter (at a distance of 21.5 km and direction East). The most nearby international border is the Liechtenstein-Swiss border with a straight distance of 18.2 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 26 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 24%, low mountains: 14%, moderate high mountains: 29%, high mountains: 32%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. 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 65 km and direction NorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is St Gallen Altenrhein Airport (at a distance of 48 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

33.2 km2

42.3%

Nature

9.9 km2

12.5%

Agriculture

15.4 km2

19.6%

Urban area

2.5 km2

3.2%

Rock-Sand

1.8 km2

2.3%

Water - Lakes

15.8 km2

20.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Quarten in country Switzerland

Quarten at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona	Switzerland	21 km	South
2 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	37 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Monastic Island of Reichenau	Germany	67 km	North

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Unterterzen

Type of weather in Unterterzen	clear sky
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.13 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1022 mb
Humidity:	54 %
Daylength at 10 May 2024:	14 hour and 52 minutes
Sunrise :	05:53 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:45 Europe/Amsterdam