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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.917,Lat: 45.9232
Elevation	275 meter above sea level
Local time	5:20:01am
Name province/region	Ticino
Name Subregion	Lugano
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Morcote

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Vico Morcote	0.9 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Brusino Arsizio	1.8 km	EastNorthEast
3 Borgnana	2.5 km	WestSouthWest
4 Porto Ceresio	2.7 km	SouthWest
5 Cuasso al Monte	3 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	143 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	161 km	NorthWest
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	270 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 166 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 is Lago di Lugano (Luganer See) (26.9 km² at a height of around 270 meter above sea level) at a distance of 0 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Lago di Lugano with a height of 271 meter (at a distance of 4.9 km and direction EastSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the Italian-Swiss border with a straight distance of 0.6 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 0.9 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 53%, low mountains: 38%, moderate high mountains: 9%, The hills are mainly eastern 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
Seefläche -- Lac

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Malpensa International Airport (at a distance of 36 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Lugano Airport (at a distance of 9 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

50.7 km2

64.5%

Nature

0.4 km2

0.6%

Agriculture

1.4 km2

1.8%

Urban area

8.9 km2

11.3%

Water - Lakes

17.1 km2

21.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Morcote in country Switzerland

Morcote at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monte San Giorgio	Italy,Switzerland	3.8 km	South
2 Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy	Italy	20 km	EastNorthEast
3 Three Castles, Defensive Wall and Ramparts of the Market-Town of Bellinzona	Switzerland	31 km	NorthNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Porto Ceresio

Type of weather in Porto Ceresio	broken clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.03 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	14 hour and 37 minutes
Sunrise :	06:02 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:39 Europe/Amsterdam