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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.7752,Lat: 46.4119
Elevation	2147 meter above sea level
Local time	17:38:02pm
Name province/region	Valais
Name Subregion	Raron
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Wiler (Lötschen)

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Wiler (Lötschen)	1.3 km	SouthEast
2 Kippel	1.4 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Ferden	2.3 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Ried	2.5 km	East
5 Blatten	3.6 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	65 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	156 km	EastNorthEast
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	299 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 233 km (direction SouthSouthEast).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 is Oeschinensee (1.1 km² at a height of around 1577 meter above sea level) at a distance of 9.8 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Bietschhorn with a height of 3934 meter (at a distance of 6.2 km and direction EastSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the Italian-Swiss border with a straight distance of 28.9 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 40 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
Hochgelegene Berglandschaft der Inneralpen -- Paysage montagnard d’altitude des Alpes centrales

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Malpensa International Airport (at a distance of 114 km and direction SouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

15 km2

19.1%

Nature

25.4 km2

32.3%

Agriculture

4.7 km2

Urban area

0.6 km2

0.8%

Rock-Sand

25.7 km2

32.7%

Ice - Glacier

7.1 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Lauchernalp in country Switzerland

Lauchernalp at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch	Switzerland	22 km	EastNorthEast
2 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	65 km	NorthNorthWest
3 The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement	Belgium,France, Germany,Switzerland	73 km	West

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Kippel

Type of weather in Kippel	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.09 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	82 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	14 hour and 17 minutes
Sunrise :	06:17 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:34 Europe/Amsterdam