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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.1863,Lat: 46.8373
Elevation	481 meter above sea level
Local time	18:03:16pm
Name province/region	Obwalden
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Giswil

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Kleinteil	2.6 km	WestSouthWest
2 Kaiserstuhl	2.8 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Sachseln	5.4 km	NorthEast
4 Stalden	5.9 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Lungern	6 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	58 km	WestNorthWest
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	107 km	EastNorthEast
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	344 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 271 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 Sarner See (7 km² at a height of around 468 meter above sea level) at a distance of 1.5 km in NorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Brünigpass with a height of 1008 meter (at a distance of 9.7 km and direction SouthSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Italian-Swiss border with a straight distance of 45 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 63 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 16%, low mountains: 29%, moderate high mountains: 41%, high mountains: 14%, 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 forest.

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

Name
Kalkberglandschaft der Nordalpen -- Paysage montagnard calcaire des Alpes septentrionales

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 74 km and direction NorthNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

38 km2

48.4%

Nature

10.5 km2

13.4%

Agriculture

22 km2

28.1%

Urban area

1.7 km2

2.1%

Water - Lakes

6.3 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Giswil in country Switzerland

Giswil at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch	Switzerland	39 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps	Austria,France,Germany, Italy,Slovenia,Switzerland	49 km	North
3 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	57 km	WestNorthWest

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Aecherli

Type of weather in Aecherli	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	19 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	9.77 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1002 mb
Humidity:	45 %
Daylength at 1 May 2024:	14 hour and 25 minutes
Sunrise :	06:11 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:36 Europe/Amsterdam