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General information - Location

Country	Italy
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 15.5683,Lat: 38.2585
Elevation	242 meter above sea level
Local time	11:25:07am
At island	Sicily
Name province/region	Sicilia
Name Subregion	Messina
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Messina

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Faro Superiore	1.5 km	NorthEast
2 Massa Santa Lucia	2.1 km	WestNorthWest
3 Massa San Giovanni	2.3 km	WestNorthWest
4 Massa San Giorgio	3.3 km	WestNorthWest
5 Castanea delle Furie	4.1 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Valletta	Malta	277 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Roma	Italy	479 km	NorthWest
3 Città del Vaticano	Vatican-city	482 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 61.7 km in Eastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Monte Pace with a height of 418 meter (at a distance of 4.3 km and direction West). The most nearby international border is the Albanian-Greek border with a straight distance of 419.3 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 587 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 5%, low location: 41%, hill: 52%, low mountains: 2%, The hills are mainly southeastern 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 98 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Reggio Calabria Airport (at a distance of 22 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.8 km2

1.4%

Nature

18.7 km2

34.7%

Agriculture

20.9 km2

38.8%

Urban area

12.6 km2

23.3%

Water - Lakes

0.3 km2

0.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Curcuraci in country Italy

Curcuraci at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands)	Italy	60 km	WestNorthWest
2 Mount Etna	Italy	75 km	SouthWest
3 Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica	Italy	135 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Monti Peloritani, Dorsale Curcuraci, Antennamare e area marina dello stretto di Messina	IT	0 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Castanea delle Furie

Type of weather in Castanea delle Furie	clear sky
Current temperature:	23 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.69 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	26 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	13 hour and 44 minutes
Sunrise :	06:03 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:46 Europe/Amsterdam