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General information - Location

Country	Finland
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 26.9466,Lat: 60.4678
Elevation	2 meter above sea level
Local time	10:25:41am
At island	Kotkansaari
Name province/region	Southern Finland (Etelä-Suomen aluehallintovirasto)
Name Maakunta	Kymenlaakso#Kymmenedalen
Name Kunta	Kotka

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Huutjärvi	11.4 km	West
2 Neuvoton	11.4 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Uusi-Summa	14.2 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Pappilansaaret	17.1 km	NorthEast
5 Alakylä	17.2 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Helsinki	Finland	115 km	WestSouthWest
2 Tallinn	Estonia	171 km	SouthWest
3 Rīga	Latvia	423 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Kotka lies at the Gulf of Finland (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Kymijoki coastal: Summa, Urpalan, part of the larger catchment area Kymijoki-Gulf of Finland. The nearest bigger lake is Suurijärvi (1.2 km² at a height of around 8 meter above sea level) at a distance of 19.4 km in Northern direction).The place is located at an island named Kotkansaari. The distance to the mainland is 0 km.

The most nearby international border is the Russian-Finnish border with a straight distance of 47.3 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 66 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 96%, low location: 4%, The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is urban.

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

Name
Suomenlahden rannikkoseutu

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Helsinki Vantaa Airport (at a distance of 110 km and direction WestSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

7.1 km2

19.1%

Nature

2.3 km2

6.2%

Wet nature

1 km2

2.7%

Agriculture

0.7 km2

1.9%

Urban area

22.9 km2

61.4%

Infrastructure

1.6 km2

4.2%

Water - Lakes

0.1 km2

0.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Kotka in country Finland

Kotka at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Verla Groundwood and Board Mill	Finland	69 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Fortress of Suomenlinna	Finland	114 km	WestSouthWest
3 Struve Geodetic Arc	Belarus,Estonia,Finland, Latvia,Lithuania,Norway, Republic of Moldova,Russian Federation, Sweden,Ukraine	161 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Kymijoki	FI	3.3 km	WestNorthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Kotka

Type of weather in Kotka	clear sky
Current temperature:	6 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.89 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	63 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	16 hour and 31 minutes
Sunrise :	03:53 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:24 Europe/Amsterdam