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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.3619,Lat: 46.5624
Elevation	2037 meter above sea level
Local time	20:22:01pm
Name province/region	Valais
Name Subregion	Goms
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Obergoms

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Oberwald	3.2 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Unterwassern	3.4 km	South
3 Obergesteln	6.1 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Ulrichen	7.4 km	SouthWest
5 Geschinen	9.7 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	82 km	WestNorthWest
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	109 km	NorthEast
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	323 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 239 km (direction South).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhone main - Upper, part of the larger catchment area Rhone and Coastal Mediterranean. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Grimselsee (2.7 km² at a height of around 1908 meter above sea level) at a distance of 2 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Furkapass with a height of 2429 meter (at a distance of 4.3 km and direction EastNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the Italian-Swiss border with a straight distance of 12.1 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 17 km.
Elevation around place: moderate high mountains: 3%, high mountains: 97%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.

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

Name
Hochgebirgslandschaft der Alpen -- Paysage de haute montagne des Alpes

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 100 km and direction North).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

8.1 km2

10.3%

Nature

40.7 km2

51.8%

Agriculture

1.2 km2

1.5%

Urban area

0.3 km2

0.4%

Rock-Sand

20.8 km2

26.4%

Water - Lakes

2.2 km2

2.8%

Ice - Glacier

5.3 km2

6.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Gletsch in country Switzerland

Gletsch at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch	Switzerland	26 km	WestSouthWest
2 Three Castles, Defensive Wall and Ramparts of the Market-Town of Bellinzona	Switzerland	65 km	SouthEast
3 Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona	Switzerland	78 km	EastNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Oberwald

Type of weather in Oberwald	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	4 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.76 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1004 mb
Humidity:	99 %
Daylength at 1 May 2024:	14 hour and 24 minutes
Sunrise :	06:11 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:35 Europe/Amsterdam