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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 9.0219,Lat: 46.234
Elevation	260 meter above sea level
Local time	22:01:55pm
Name province/region	Ticino
Name Subregion	Bellinzona
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Gnosca

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Gorduno	2.1 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Claro	2.2 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Arbedo	3 km	SouthEast
4 Lumino	3.6 km	East
5 Preonzo	3.7 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	108 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	145 km	NorthWest
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	305 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 201 km (direction South).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Po main - Medium - Adda, Ticino, part of the larger catchment area Po Basin. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Lago di Vogorno (1.5 km² at a height of around 469 meter above sea level) at a distance of 12.5 km in Western direction).

The nearest mountain is Bellinzona with a height of 229 meter (at a distance of 4.3 km and direction South). The most nearby international border is the Italian-Swiss border with a straight distance of 12.5 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 17 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 37%, low mountains: 18%, moderate high mountains: 29%, high mountains: 15%, The hills are mainly southwestern 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
Tallandschaft der Südalpen -- Paysage de vallées des Alpes méridionales

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Malpensa International Airport (at a distance of 71 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Lugano Airport (at a distance of 27 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

58 km2

73.8%

Nature

4 km2

Agriculture

5 km2

6.3%

Urban area

10.6 km2

13.5%

Rock-Sand

0.4 km2

0.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Gnosca in country Switzerland

Gnosca at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Three Castles, Defensive Wall and Ramparts of the Market-Town of Bellinzona	Switzerland	4.5 km	South
2 Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy	Italy	31 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Monte San Giorgio	Italy,Switzerland	39 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Claro

Type of weather in Claro	broken clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 0)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1003 mb
Humidity:	91 %
Daylength at 1 May 2024:	14 hour and 22 minutes
Sunrise :	06:09 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:32 Europe/Amsterdam