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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 9.0687,Lat: 47.0416
Elevation	482 meter above sea level
Local time	0:45:55am
Name province/region	Glarus
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Glarus

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Riedern	1.6 km	NorthWest
2 Mitlödi	3.6 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Schwändi	4 km	South
4 Sool	4.7 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Nidfurn	6.1 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	36 km	EastNorthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	124 km	West
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	359 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 291 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 (reservoir) is Klöntaler See (2.8 km² at a height of around 847 meter above sea level) at a distance of 4.9 km in Western direction).

The nearest mountain is Hausstock with a height of 3158 meter (at a distance of 18.6 km and direction South). The most nearby international border is the Liechtenstein-Swiss border with a straight distance of 30.8 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 43 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 10%, low mountains: 24%, moderate high mountains: 31%, high mountains: 35%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Tallandschaft der Nordalpen -- Paysage de vallées des Alpes septentrionales

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 61 km and direction NorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

31.2 km2

39.7%

Nature

23.8 km2

30.3%

Agriculture

12.8 km2

16.3%

Urban area

5.7 km2

7.3%

Infrastructure

0.5 km2

0.7%

Rock-Sand

4.4 km2

5.5%

Water - Lakes

0.1 km2

0.1%

Ice - Glacier

0.1 km2

0.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Glarus in country Switzerland

Glarus at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona	Switzerland	20 km	SouthEast
2 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	48 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps	Austria,France,Germany, Italy,Slovenia,Switzerland	70 km	WestNorthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Glarus

Type of weather in Glarus	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.52 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1005 mb
Humidity:	17 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 29 minutes
Sunrise :	06:05 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:35 Europe/Amsterdam