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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 9.3182,Lat: 47.2561
Elevation	1285 meter above sea level
Local time	3:22:31am
Name province/region (Kanton)	Appenzell Ausserrhoden
Wiki-website Subregion (Wahlkreis)	Hinterland
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Hundwil

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Rossfall	3.9 km	NorthWest
2 Wildhaus-Alt St. Johann	6.3 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Unterwasser	6.5 km	South
4 Urnäsch	7.4 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Alt Sankt Johann	7.7 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	20 km	SouthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	146 km	WestSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	353 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 312 km (direction SouthEast).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine main - Upper - Ill, 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 14.2 km in Southern direction).

The nearest mountain is St. Gallen with a height of 670 meter (at a distance of 19.1 km and direction NorthNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the Liechtenstein-Swiss border with a straight distance of 14.4 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 20 km.The nearest tripoint border within 25 km is the Liechtensteiner Austrian Swiss tripoint with a straight distance of 16.2 km (direction East).
Elevation around place: moderate high mountains: 58%, high mountains: 42%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Moorgeprägte Landschaft -- Paysage marqué par les marais

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 62 km and direction WestNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is St Gallen Altenrhein Airport (at a distance of 31 km in NorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

27.2 km2

34.6%

Nature

22.7 km2

28.9%

Agriculture

23.3 km2

29.7%

Rock-Sand

5.3 km2

6.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Schwägalp in country Switzerland

Schwägalp at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	19 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona	Switzerland	38 km	South
3 Monastic Island of Reichenau	Germany	53 km	NorthNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

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Sunrise :	01:00 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	01:00 Europe/Amsterdam