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Mäksa

Mäksa

General information - Location

Country	Estonia
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 26.9805,Lat: 58.3749
Elevation	50 meter above sea level
Local time	14:35:55pm
Name province/region (Maakond)	Tartumaa
Wiki-website Subregion (Vald)	Mäksa

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Sirgu	3.3 km	WestSouthWest
2 Kavastu	3.9 km	EastNorthEast
3 Sudaste	4.1 km	South
4 Melliste	5 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Kaagvere	6.1 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tallinn	Estonia	177 km	WestNorthWest
2 Rīga	Latvia	231 km	SouthWest
3 Helsinki	Finland	233 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Finland is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 118 km (direction NorthNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Emajogi, part of the larger catchment area Narva. The nearest bigger lake is Koosa (2.9 km² at a height of around 29 meter above sea level) at a distance of 9.7 km in NorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Russian-Estonian border with a straight distance of 31.6 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 44 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport (at a distance of 170 km and direction WestNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Tartu Airport (at a distance of 18 km in SouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

17.8 km2

22.6%

Nature

4.9 km2

6.2%

Agriculture

53.8 km2

68.4%

Urban area

1.1 km2

1.3%

Water - Lakes

1.1 km2

1.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Mäksa in country Estonia

Mäksa at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Struve Geodetic Arc	Belarus,Estonia,Finland, Latvia,Lithuania,Norway, Republic of Moldova,Russian Federation, Sweden,Ukraine	85 km	NorthWest
2 Churches of the Pskov School of Architecture	Russian Federation	102 km	EastSouthEast
3 Historic Centre (Old Town) of Tallinn	Estonia	176 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Pähklisaare	EE	5.2 km	North

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Luunja vald

Type of weather in Luunja vald	broken clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.63 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	58 %
Daylength at 11 March 2026:	11 hour and 24 minutes
Sunrise :	05:40 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:04 Europe/Amsterdam