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General information - Location

Country	Estonia
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 27.0831,Lat: 58.0865
Elevation	59 meter above sea level
Local time	8:07:36am
Name province/region	Põlvamaa
Name Subregion	Põlva

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Mammaste	3.3 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Põlva	3.4 km	South
3 Rosma	5 km	South
4 Puuri	5.4 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Kiidjärve	6.9 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tallinn	Estonia	204 km	NorthWest
2 Rīga	Latvia	216 km	SouthWest
3 Helsinki	Finland	264 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Riga is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 149 km (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Emajogi, part of the larger catchment area Narva. The nearest bigger lake is Meelva (0.7 km² at a height of around 41 meter above sea level) at a distance of 17.1 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Russian-Estonian border with a straight distance of 28.2 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 40 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is forest.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport (at a distance of 198 km and direction NorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Tartu Airport (at a distance of 34 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

34.2 km2

43.5%

Nature

7.1 km2

Agriculture

31.8 km2

40.4%

Urban area

4.4 km2

5.6%

Infrastructure

0.4 km2

0.5%

Water - Lakes

0.7 km2

0.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Himmaste in country Estonia

Himmaste at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Churches of the Pskov School of Architecture	Russian Federation	80 km	East
2 Struve Geodetic Arc	Belarus,Estonia,Finland, Latvia,Lithuania,Norway, Republic of Moldova,Russian Federation, Sweden,Ukraine	117 km	NorthWest
3 Historic Centre (Old Town) of Tallinn	Estonia	203 km	NorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Ahja	EE	1.6 km	NorthNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Põlva

Type of weather in Põlva	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	4 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.08 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	48 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	16 hour and 9 minutes
Sunrise :	04:03 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:12 Europe/Amsterdam