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General information - Location

Country	Italy
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 15.8835,Lat: 38.6655
Elevation	182 meter above sea level
Local time	23:57:04pm
Name province/region	Calabria
Name Subregion	Vibo Valentia
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Tropea

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Tropea	1.8 km	NorthEast
2 Santa Domenica	1.8 km	West
3 Gasponi	1.9 km	East
4 Brattirò	2.1 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Drapia	2.4 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Valletta	Malta	329 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tirane	Albania	450 km	NorthEast
3 Roma	Italy	458 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Vulcano lies at the Tyrrhenian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) (direction NorthNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Southern Appenines coastal: 1, part of the larger catchment area Southern Appenines. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Lago di Angitola (1.8 km² at a height of around 145 meter above sea level) at a distance of 31.2 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Monte Poro with a height of 710 meter (at a distance of 7.1 km and direction SouthSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the Albanian-Greek border with a straight distance of 376.8 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 528 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 1%, low location: 33%, hill: 62%, low mountains: 5%, 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 151 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Lamezia Terme Airport (at a distance of 41 km in NorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

8.4 km2

18.1%

Nature

2 km2

4.4%

Agriculture

30.2 km2

65.6%

Urban area

4.7 km2

10.2%

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Vulcano in country Italy

Vulcano at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands)	Italy	85 km	WestSouthWest
2 Mount Etna	Italy	128 km	SouthWest
3 Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica	Italy	185 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Zona costiera fra Briatico e Nicotera	IT	0.8 km	NorthNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Tropea

Type of weather in Tropea	clear sky
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.45 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	75 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	13 hour and 58 minutes
Sunrise :	05:54 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:52 Europe/Amsterdam