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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.2807,Lat: 46.8748
Elevation	676 meter above sea level
Local time	4:16:26am
Name province/region	Obwalden
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Kerns

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Flüeli	0.9 km	WestSouthWest
2 Kerns	2.9 km	North
3 Sachseln	3.2 km	West
4 Sarnen	3.6 km	NorthWest
5 Ramersberg	4.5 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	64 km	West
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	99 km	EastNorthEast
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	344 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 274 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 Sarner See (7 km² at a height of around 468 meter above sea level) at a distance of 3 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Pilatus with a height of 2119 meter (at a distance of 11.8 km and direction North). The most nearby international border is the Italian-Swiss border with a straight distance of 47.1 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 66 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 13%, low mountains: 31%, moderate high mountains: 31%, high mountains: 25%, 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 agriculture.

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 68 km and direction NorthNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

24.8 km2

31.6%

Nature

15.4 km2

19.5%

Agriculture

28.9 km2

36.8%

Urban area

5.6 km2

7.2%

Infrastructure

0.4 km2

0.5%

Water - Lakes

3.5 km2

4.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of St. Niklausen in country Switzerland

St. Niklausen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps	Austria,France,Germany, Italy,Slovenia,Switzerland	45 km	North
2 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch	Switzerland	46 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	64 km	West

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Obwalden

Type of weather in Obwalden	light rain
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.03 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1008 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 17 May 2024:	15 hour and 8 minutes
Sunrise :	05:49 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:57 Europe/Amsterdam