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Austria Google Maps

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Austria

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for Austria (AT). Explore satellite imagery of Vienna, the capital city of Austria, on the Google Maps of Europe below.

Austria (GPS: 47 20 N, 13 20 E) located in Central Europe, north of Italy and Slovenia. The country’s area measurements are total: 83,871 sq km; land: 82,445 sq km, water: 1,426 sq km. This sovereign state is about the size of South Carolina, slightly more than two-thirds the Pennsylvania size. The total irrigated land is 1,170 sq km (2012).

One of the important features of Austria: Landlocked (enclosed or nearly enclosed by land). Strategic location at the crossroads of central Europe with many easily traversable Alpine passes and valleys. The principal river is the Danube. The population is concentrated on eastern lowlands because of steep slopes, poor soils, and low temperatures elsewhere. The world’s largest and longest ice cave system at 42 km (26 mi) is the Eisriesenwelt (Ice Giants World) inside the Hochkogel mountain near Werfen, about 40 km south Salzburg. Ice caves are bedrock caves that contain year-round ice formations. They differ from glacial caves, which are transient and are formed by melting ice and flowing water within and under glaciers.

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Croatia Google Maps

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Croatia

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for Croatia (HR). Explore satellite imagery of Zagreb, the capital city of Croatia, on the Google Maps of Europe below.

Croatia (GPS: 45 10 N, 15 30 E) located in Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea, between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia. The country’s area measurements are total: 56,594 sq km; land: 55,974 sq km, water: 620 sq km. This sovereign state is slightly smaller than West Virginia. The total irrigated land is 240 sq km (2012).

One of Croatia’s essential features: Controls most land routes from Western Europe to the Aegean Sea and Turkish Straits. Most Adriatic Sea islands lie off Croatia’s coast – some 1,200 islands, islets, ridges, and rocks.

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Hungary Google Maps

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Hungary

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for Hungary (HU). Explore satellite imagery of Budapest, the capital city of Hungary, on the Google Maps of Europe below.

Hungary (GPS: 47 00 N, 20 00 E) is located in Central Europe, northwest of Romania. The country’s area measurements are total: 93,028 sq km; land: 89,608 sq km, water: 3,420 sq km. This sovereign state is slightly smaller than Virginia, about the same size as Indiana. The total irrigated land is 1,721 sq km (2012).

One of the crucial features of Hungary: Landlocked (enclosed or nearly enclosed by land). Strategic location astride main land routes between Western Europe and Balkan Peninsula as well as between Ukraine and the Mediterranean basin. The north-south flowing Duna (Danube) and Tisza Rivers divide the country into three large regions.

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Italy Google Maps

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Italy

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for Italy (IT). Explore satellite imagery of Rome, the capital city of Italy, on the Google Maps of Europe below.

Italy (GPS: 42 50 N, 12 50 E) is located in Southern Europe, a peninsula extending into the central Mediterranean Sea, northeast of Tunisia. The country’s area measurements are total: 301,340 sq km; land: 294,140 sq km, water: 7,200 sq km. This sovereign state is almost twice the size of Georgia, slightly larger than Arizona. The total irrigated land is 39,500 sq km (2012).

One of Italy’s essential features: Strategic location dominating the central Mediterranean and southern sea and air approaches to Western Europe.

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Slovenia Google Maps

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Slovenia

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for Slovenia (SI). Explore satellite imagery of Ljubljana, the capital city of Slovenia, on the Google Maps of Europe below.

Slovenia (GPS: 46 07 N, 14 49 E) is located in South-Central Europe, the Julian Alps between Austria and Croatia. The country’s area measurements are total: 20,273 sq km; land: 20,151 sq km, water: 122 sq km. This sovereign state is slightly smaller than New Jersey. The total irrigated land is 60 sq km (2012).

One of Slovenia’s essential features: Despite its small size, this eastern Alpine country controls some of Europe’s major transit routes.

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