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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.6132,Lat: 47.0496
Elevation	498 meter above sea level
Local time	12:43:51pm
Name province/region	Schwyz
Name Subregion	Schwyz
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Steinen

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Ecce Homo	2.1 km	North
2 Steinerberg	2.2 km	West
3 Lauerz	2.9 km	WestSouthWest
4 Mostelberg	3.4 km	EastNorthEast
5 Sattel	4 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	70 km	East
2 Bern	Switzerland	90 km	West
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	339 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 291 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 Lauerzer See (2.5 km² at a height of around 446 meter above sea level) at a distance of 1.5 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Vierwaldstätter See with a height of 434 meter (at a distance of 6.7 km and direction SouthSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the German-Swiss border with a straight distance of 59 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 83 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 22%, low mountains: 33%, moderate high mountains: 41%, high mountains: 4%, The hills are mainly southern 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
Tallandschaft der Nordalpen -- Paysage de vallées des Alpes septentrionales

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 46 km and direction North).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

24.7 km2

31.4%

Nature

0.6 km2

0.8%

Agriculture

41.7 km2

53.2%

Urban area

8.5 km2

10.8%

Water - Lakes

3 km2

3.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Steinen in country Switzerland

Steinen 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	40 km	NorthWest
2 Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona	Switzerland	51 km	EastSouthEast
3 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	71 km	NorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Steinen

Type of weather in Steinen	light rain
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.54 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1006 mb
Humidity:	63 %
Daylength at 16 May 2024:	15 hour and 7 minutes
Sunrise :	05:48 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:55 Europe/Amsterdam