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General information - Location

Country	Italy
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 14.7002,Lat: 38.1022
Elevation	15 meter above sea level
Local time	16:03:47pm
At island	Sicily
Name province/region	Sicilia
Name Subregion	Messina
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Torrenova

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Zappulla	0.9 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Rocca di Capri Leone	1.1 km	EastNorthEast
3 Torrenova	2 km	SouthWest
4 Capri Leone	3.1 km	EastSouthEast
5 San Marco d'Alunzio	3.2 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Valletta	Malta	243 km	South
2 Roma	Italy	458 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Città del Vaticano	Vatican-city	461 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Piattaforma lies at the Tyrrhenian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) (direction NorthWest). The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Lago Ancipa (1 km² at a height of around 948 meter above sea level) at a distance of 31.5 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Monte Soro with a height of 1846 meter (at a distance of 18.8 km and direction South).The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Vulcano (Stratovolcano) at a distance of 40.6 km (direction NorthNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the Vatican-Italian border with a straight distance of 460.9 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 645 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 10%, low location: 45%, hill: 30%, low mountains: 15%, moderate high mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly northwestern 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 SouthSouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

5 km2

9.4%

Nature

8.5 km2

16%

Agriculture

31 km2

58.5%

Urban area

6.9 km2

13.1%

Water - Lakes

1.3 km2

2.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Piattaforma in country Italy

Piattaforma at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Mount Etna	Italy	46 km	SouthEast
2 Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands)	Italy	48 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Villa Romana del Casale	Italy	88 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Stretta di Longi	IT	4.2 km	SouthSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Torrenova

Type of weather in Torrenova	few clouds
Current temperature:	22 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.64 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	52 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	13 hour and 58 minutes
Sunrise :	05:58 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:56 Europe/Amsterdam