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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 9.2162,Lat: 47.1293
Elevation	835 meter above sea level
Local time	21:19:08pm
Name province/region	St. Gallen
Name Subregion	Sarganserland
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Quarten

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Murg	1.8 km	South
2 Quarten	3.1 km	SouthEast
3 Unterterzen	3.4 km	EastSouthEast
4 Mühlehorn	3.7 km	WestSouthWest
5 Arvenbüel	3.7 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	23 km	East
2 Bern	Switzerland	136 km	West
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	359 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 302 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 0.1 km in Southern direction).

The nearest mountain is Vaduz with a height of 455 meter (at a distance of 23.2 km and direction East). The most nearby international border is the Liechtenstein-Swiss border with a straight distance of 20.8 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 29 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 25%, low mountains: 15%, moderate high mountains: 32%, high mountains: 29%, 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
Seefläche -- Lac

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 62 km and direction NorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is St Gallen Altenrhein Airport (at a distance of 47 km in NorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

34.1 km2

43.5%

Nature

5.8 km2

7.4%

Agriculture

16.4 km2

20.9%

Urban area

2.4 km2

Rock-Sand

2.7 km2

3.4%

Water - Lakes

17.1 km2

21.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Quinten in country Switzerland

Quinten at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona	Switzerland	24 km	South
2 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	35 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Monastic Island of Reichenau	Germany	64 km	North

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Murg

Type of weather in Murg	clear sky
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.48 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1021 mb
Humidity:	94 %
Daylength at 10 May 2024:	14 hour and 52 minutes
Sunrise :	05:53 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:45 Europe/Amsterdam