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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 9.2502,Lat: 47.1858
Elevation	932 meter above sea level
Local time	10:24:53am
Name province/region	St. Gallen
Name Subregion	Toggenburg
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Wildhaus-Alt St. Johann

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Alt Sankt Johann	2.4 km	EastNorthEast
2 Unterwasser	4.6 km	EastNorthEast
3 Nesslau	6 km	NorthWest
4 Quinten	6.8 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Ennetbühl	6.8 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	21 km	EastSouthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	140 km	West
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	355 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 308 km (direction South).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 6.2 km in Southern direction).

The nearest mountain is Vaduz with a height of 455 meter (at a distance of 21.1 km and direction EastSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the Liechtenstein-Swiss border with a straight distance of 17.9 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 25 km.The nearest tripoint border within 25 km is the Liechtensteiner Austrian Swiss tripoint with a straight distance of 23.3 km (direction EastNorthEast).
Elevation around place: low mountains: 0%, moderate high mountains: 54%, high mountains: 46%, The hills are mainly northern 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 61 km and direction WestNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is St Gallen Altenrhein Airport (at a distance of 41 km in NorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

30.3 km2

38.6%

Nature

9.2 km2

11.7%

Agriculture

34.1 km2

43.5%

Urban area

0.8 km2

Rock-Sand

4.1 km2

5.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Starkenbach in country Switzerland

Starkenbach at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	28 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona	Switzerland	30 km	South
3 Monastic Island of Reichenau	Germany	59 km	NorthNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Alt St. Johann

Type of weather in Alt St. Johann	broken clouds
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.6 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	53 %
Daylength at 11 May 2024:	14 hour and 55 minutes
Sunrise :	05:51 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:46 Europe/Amsterdam