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General information - Location

Country	Italy
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 15.4734,Lat: 38.0779
Elevation	211 meter above sea level
Local time	10:41:32am
At island	Sicily
Name province/region	Sicilia
Name Subregion	Messina
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Messina

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Giampilieri	1.1 km	South
2 Pezzolo	1.5 km	WestNorthWest
3 Molino	1.6 km	WestSouthWest
4 Altolia	2.4 km	West
5 Scaletta Superiore	3 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Valletta	Malta	256 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Roma	Italy	492 km	NorthWest
3 Città del Vaticano	Vatican-city	494 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ionian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is very close with only a distance of around 2 km (direction SouthEast). The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Siderno Superiore (0.5 km² at a height of around 74 meter above sea level) at a distance of 74.2 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Monte Poverello with a height of 1279 meter (at a distance of 9.5 km and direction West). The most nearby international border is the Albanian-Greek border with a straight distance of 435.4 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 610 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 2%, low location: 29%, hill: 39%, low mountains: 22%, moderate high mountains: 8%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Catania-Fontanarossa Airport (at a distance of 77 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Reggio Calabria Airport (at a distance of 16 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

5.2 km2

9.7%

Nature

14 km2

26.3%

Agriculture

29.8 km2

56.2%

Urban area

3.8 km2

7.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Briga in country Italy

Briga at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Mount Etna	Italy	55 km	SouthWest
2 Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands)	Italy	65 km	NorthWest
3 Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica	Italy	113 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Monti Peloritani, Dorsale Curcuraci, Antennamare e area marina dello stretto di Messina	IT	3.2 km	NorthNorthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Scaletta Zanclea

Type of weather in Scaletta Zanclea	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	18 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.2 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	67 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	13 hour and 53 minutes
Sunrise :	05:58 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:51 Europe/Amsterdam