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General information - Location

Country	Italy
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 14.7779,Lat: 38.1504
Elevation	164 meter above sea level
Local time	12:46:15pm
At island	Sicily
Name province/region	Sicilia
Name Subregion	Messina
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Capo d'Orlando

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 San Gregorio-Bagnoli	1.2 km	WestNorthWest
2 Cresta	2.4 km	SouthWest
3 Ponte Naso	2.4 km	East
4 Catutè	3 km	WestSouthWest
5 Naso	3.2 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Valletta	Malta	249 km	South
2 Roma	Italy	456 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Città del Vaticano	Vatican-city	459 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Scafa 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 39.3 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Vulcano (Stratovolcano) at a distance of 32.4 km (direction NorthNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the Vatican-Italian border with a straight distance of 458.9 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 642 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 6%, low location: 40%, hill: 50%, low mountains: 4%, 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 79 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Reggio Calabria Airport (at a distance of 78 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

10.3 km2

22.4%

Nature

3.6 km2

7.7%

Agriculture

26.5 km2

57.7%

Urban area

5 km2

10.8%

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Scafa in country Italy

Scafa at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands)	Italy	40 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Mount Etna	Italy	47 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Villa Romana del Casale	Italy	95 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Stretta di Longi	IT	9.1 km	South

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Naso

Type of weather in Naso	clear sky
Current temperature:	23 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.19 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	50 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	13 hour and 43 minutes
Sunrise :	06:06 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:49 Europe/Amsterdam