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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.3961,Lat: 46.9081
Elevation	606 meter above sea level
Local time	21:21:56pm
Name province/region (Kanton)	Nidwalden
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Wolfenschiessen

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Dallenwil	2.2 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Oberrickenbach	2.7 km	SouthEast
3 Wiesenberg	3.1 km	NorthWest
4 Wirzweli	3.1 km	WestNorthWest
5 Niederrickenbach	3.2 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	73 km	West
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	89 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 277 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 Vierwaldstätter See (Lac des Quatre Cantons) (110 km² at a height of around 433 meter above sea level) at a distance of 7.9 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Uri-Rotstock with a height of 2929 meter (at a distance of 11.8 km and direction EastSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the Italian-Swiss border with a straight distance of 49.4 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 69 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 3%, low mountains: 19%, moderate high mountains: 46%, high mountains: 32%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is forest.

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 62 km and direction NorthNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

34.9 km2

44.4%

Nature

17.8 km2

22.7%

Agriculture

24.1 km2

30.7%

Urban area

1.3 km2

1.6%

Rock-Sand

0.5 km2

0.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Wolfenschiessen in country Switzerland

Wolfenschiessen 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	44 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch	Switzerland	53 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona	Switzerland	65 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Wolfenschiessen

Type of weather in Wolfenschiessen	snow
Current temperature:	-1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.09 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	992 mb
Humidity:	96 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 8 minutes
Sunrise :	07:38 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:46 Europe/Amsterdam