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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.8302,Lat: 47.1924
Elevation	423 meter above sea level
Local time	17:34:12pm
Name province/region	Schwyz
Name Subregion	March
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Altendorf

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Lachen	1.7 km	East
2 Hurden	3.3 km	NorthWest
3 Pfäffikon	3.4 km	WestNorthWest
4 Galgenen	3.5 km	EastSouthEast
5 Rapperswil-Jona	3.8 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	53 km	East
2 Bern	Switzerland	109 km	WestSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	335 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 307 km (direction South).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Aare, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Zürichsee (Lac de Zurich) (84.4 km² at a height of around 405 meter above sea level) at a distance of 0.3 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Hörnli with a height of 1133 meter (at a distance of 21.5 km and direction NorthNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the German-Swiss border with a straight distance of 48.6 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 68 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 61%, low mountains: 16%, moderate high mountains: 23%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Siedlungslandschaft -- Paysage périurbain

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 36 km and direction NorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

15.5 km2

19.7%

Nature

0.3 km2

0.3%

Wet nature

0.9 km2

1.2%

Agriculture

28 km2

35.7%

Urban area

13.7 km2

17.4%

Water - Lakes

20.2 km2

25.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Altendorf in country Switzerland

Altendorf at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona	Switzerland	44 km	SouthEast
2 Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps	Austria,France,Germany, Italy,Slovenia,Switzerland	48 km	WestNorthWest
3 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	49 km	EastNorthEast

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Altendorf

Type of weather in Altendorf	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.22 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	96 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 30 minutes
Sunrise :	06:06 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:36 Europe/Amsterdam