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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.625,Lat: 46.1361
Elevation	1907 meter above sea level
Local time	4:06:16am
Name province/region	Valais
Name Subregion	Sierre
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Anniviers

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Mayoux	8.9 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Villa	9.4 km	WestSouthWest
3 Vissoie	9.4 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Blüomatt	9.4 km	NorthEast
5 La Sage	9.4 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	91 km	North
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	183 km	NorthEast
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	267 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 209 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 (reservoir) is Lac de Moiry (1.3 km² at a height of around 2248 meter above sea level) at a distance of 3.8 km in Western direction).

The nearest mountain is Dent Blanche with a height of 4357 meter (at a distance of 11.3 km and direction South). The most nearby international border is the Italian-Swiss border with a straight distance of 16.9 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 24 km.
Elevation around place: moderate high mountains: 0%, high mountains: 100%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Trockene Berglandschaft der westlichen Inneralpen -- Paysage montagnard sec des Alpes centrales occidentales

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Malpensa International Airport (at a distance of 103 km and direction SouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

11.5 km2

14.6%

Nature

36.4 km2

46.3%

Agriculture

1.1 km2

1.4%

Urban area

0.6 km2

0.8%

Rock-Sand

25.2 km2

32.1%

Water - Lakes

1.4 km2

1.7%

Ice - Glacier

2.5 km2

3.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Zinal in country Switzerland

Zinal at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch	Switzerland	51 km	NorthEast
2 The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement	Belgium,France, Germany,Switzerland	72 km	WestNorthWest
3 Ivrea, industrial city of the 20th century	Italy	78 km	SouthSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Zinal

Type of weather in Zinal	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	3 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.78 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1023 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 30 April 2024:	14 hour and 19 minutes
Sunrise :	06:17 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:36 Europe/Amsterdam