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General information - Location

Country	Italy
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 14.8477,Lat: 38.1631
Elevation	51 meter above sea level
Local time	18:25:52pm
At island	Sicily
Name province/region	Sicilia
Name Subregion	Messina
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Piraino

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Piraino	1.3 km	East
2 Fiumara	1.4 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Jannello	1.9 km	South
4 Brolo	2 km	WestSouthWest
5 Contrada Lacco	2.7 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Valletta	Malta	251 km	South
2 Roma	Italy	458 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Città del Vaticano	Vatican-city	460 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Gliaca lies at the Tyrrhenian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) (direction NorthNorthWest). The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Lago Ancipa (1 km² at a height of around 948 meter above sea level) at a distance of 43.7 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Vulcano (Stratovolcano) at a distance of 28.5 km (direction NorthNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the Vatican-Italian border with a straight distance of 460.2 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 644 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 5%, low location: 39%, hill: 47%, low mountains: 9%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. 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 79 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Reggio Calabria Airport (at a distance of 72 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

4.6 km2

11.2%

Nature

8.6 km2

20.7%

Agriculture

24.5 km2

59.3%

Urban area

3.3 km2

8.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Gliaca in country Italy

Gliaca at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands)	Italy	37 km	North
2 Mount Etna	Italy	47 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Villa Romana del Casale	Italy	99 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Capo Calavà	IT	5 km	EastNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Piraino

Type of weather in Piraino	clear sky
Current temperature:	22 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.59 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	49 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	13 hour and 43 minutes
Sunrise :	06:06 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:49 Europe/Amsterdam