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Sphinx I

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Elevation, modelled
569 m
Tallest summit within 9.8 miles
Monte San Michele893 m · 7.7 mi
Sunset, June solstice
21:00local time
Coordinates
43.4693, 11.2880
Sphinx I from directly overhead

Sphinx I is a artwork, at a modelled 569 m. Monte San Michele stands 893 m to the northeast, 7.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Museo archeologico del Chianti Senese, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away.

Built
1986
Material
stone

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Sphinx I. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Monte San MicheleNE 41°893 m7.7 mi
Poggio CorniNE 35°881 m7.8 mi
Poggio QuerciabellaNE 47°848 m6.4 mi
Poggio alle CosteNE 41°847 m6.6 mi
Poggio al VanoNNE 33°831 m7.8 mi
Monte DominiNNE 29°747 m8.8 mi
Masso TondoNNE 29°746 m8.4 mi
Poggio QuercetjnoNE 42°716 m5.3 mi

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 1
DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:1917:4918:27
June solstice05:3520:1621:00
September equinox07:0218:3719:15
December solstice07:4515:5516:42

Local time (Europe/Rome).

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