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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 9.344,Lat: 46.9901
Elevation	1102 meter above sea level
Local time	13:11:30pm
Name province/region	St. Gallen
Name Subregion	Sarganserland
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Mels

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Wangs	8.1 km	NorthEast
2 Mels	8.5 km	NorthEast
3 Heiligkreuz	9.4 km	NorthEast
4 Sargans	9.8 km	NorthEast
5 Prod	10 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	21 km	NorthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	145 km	West
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	377 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 288 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 14.5 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Ringelspitz with a height of 3247 meter (at a distance of 10.2 km and direction South). The most nearby international border is the Liechtenstein-Swiss border with a straight distance of 12.2 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 17 km.The nearest tripoint border within 25 km is the Liechtensteiner Austrian Swiss tripoint with a straight distance of 21.5 km (direction EastNorthEast).
Elevation around place: moderate high mountains: 20%, high mountains: 80%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.

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 80 km and direction NorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is St Gallen Altenrhein Airport (at a distance of 57 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

20 km2

25.5%

Nature

46.1 km2

58.7%

Agriculture

4.4 km2

5.6%

Rock-Sand

8 km2

10.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Weisstannen in country Switzerland

Weisstannen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona	Switzerland	11 km	SouthWest
2 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	48 km	North
3 Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes	Italy,Switzerland	67 km	SouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Weisstannen

Type of weather in Weisstannen	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.79 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	80 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	14 hour and 40 minutes
Sunrise :	05:59 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:39 Europe/Amsterdam