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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 9.1504,Lat: 47.1172
Elevation	518 meter above sea level
Local time	17:42:30pm
Name province/region	Glarus
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Glarus Nord

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Mühlehorn	1.6 km	East
2 Amden	3.6 km	North
3 Arvenbüel	3.8 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Fly	3.9 km	NorthWest
5 Weesen	4.4 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	28 km	East
2 Bern	Switzerland	131 km	West
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	357 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 300 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 is Walensee (23.2 km² at a height of around 418 meter above sea level) at a distance of 0.7 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Liechtenstein-Swiss border with a straight distance of 25.2 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 35 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 23%, low mountains: 15%, moderate high mountains: 42%, high mountains: 20%, The hills are mainly northern 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
Kalkberglandschaft der Nordalpen -- Paysage montagnard calcaire des Alpes septentrionales

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 59 km and direction NorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

32.6 km2

41.5%

Nature

10.2 km2

12.9%

Agriculture

18.5 km2

23.5%

Urban area

2.6 km2

3.3%

Rock-Sand

1.5 km2

1.9%

Water - Lakes

13.2 km2

16.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Obstalden in country Switzerland

Obstalden at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona	Switzerland	24 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	38 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Monastic Island of Reichenau	Germany	65 km	North

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Obstalden

Type of weather in Obstalden	light rain
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.66 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	54 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	14 hour and 44 minutes
Sunrise :	05:57 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:41 Europe/Amsterdam