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General information - Location

Country	Italy
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 16.3197,Lat: 39.005
Elevation	673 meter above sea level
Local time	0:15:25am
Name province/region	Calabria
Name Subregion	Catanzaro
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Platania

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Mercuri Tedesco	1.4 km	West
2 Serra	2.8 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Magolà	3.2 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Bucolia	3.2 km	SouthWest
5 Fronti	3.6 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Valletta	Malta	379 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tirane	Albania	396 km	NorthEast
3 Roma	Italy	455 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Tyrrhenian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 13 km (direction SouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Southern Appenines coastal: 1, part of the larger catchment area Southern Appenines. The nearest bigger lake is Lago del Passante (1.3 km² at a height of around 828 meter above sea level) at a distance of 19.1 km in Eastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Monte Paganella with a height of 1526 meter (at a distance of 25 km and direction NorthNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the Albanian-Greek border with a straight distance of 329.2 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 461 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 5%, hill: 19%, low mountains: 27%, moderate high mountains: 49%, high mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly southern 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
Southern Apennines

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Catania-Fontanarossa Airport (at a distance of 203 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Lamezia Terme Airport (at a distance of 13 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

47.2 km2

60.1%

Nature

2.8 km2

3.6%

Agriculture

23.6 km2

30%

Urban area

5 km2

6.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Platania in country Italy

Platania at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands)	Italy	133 km	WestSouthWest
2 Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park with the Archeological Sites of Paestum and Velia, and the Certosa di Padula	Italy	167 km	NorthWest
3 Mount Etna	Italy	181 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Monte Contrò	IT	4 km	EastNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Platania

Type of weather in Platania	broken clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.12 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	88 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	13 hour and 53 minutes
Sunrise :	05:55 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:48 Europe/Amsterdam