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General information - Location

Country	Finland
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 21.5633,Lat: 62.946
Elevation	24 meter above sea level
Local time	6:46:59am
Name province/region	Western and Inland Finland (Länsi- ja Sisä-Suomen aluehallintovirasto)
Name Maakunta	Pohjanmaa#Österbotten
Name Kunta	Malax#Maalahti

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Övermalax	4.6 km	EastSouthEast
2 Mobacken	8.2 km	NorthEast
3 Solf	8.6 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Sundom	9.3 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Petalax	13.7 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Helsinki	Finland	359 km	SouthEast
2 Tallinn	Estonia	429 km	SouthEast
3 Stockholm	Sweden	448 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Bothnia is very close with only a distance of around 4 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Kokemaen coastal: Karvian, Narpion, Laihian, part of the larger catchment area Kokemäenjoki-Archipelago Sea-Bothnian Sea. The nearest bigger lake is Hinjärv (10.4 km² at a height of around 16 meter above sea level) at a distance of 27.2 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Swedish-Finnish border with a straight distance of 329 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 461 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 9%, low location: 91%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Etelä-Pohjanmaan rannikkoseutu

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Helsinki Vantaa Airport (at a distance of 346 km and direction SouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vaasa Airport (at a distance of 15 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

42.6 km2

54.3%

Nature

5.9 km2

7.5%

Wet nature

0.9 km2

1.2%

Agriculture

22 km2

28%

Urban area

6.7 km2

8.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Malax in country Finland

Malax at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago	Finland,Sweden	42 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Old Rauma	Finland	202 km	South
3 Petäjävesi Old Church	Finland	203 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Sdra Stadsfjrden-Sderfjrden-jen	FI	4.1 km	NorthNorthWest

Social media - Maps

	Video's op youtube van Malax
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	Flickr
Filming Location	IMDB Malax
	TikTok
	Bings maps
	Mapquest
	Wikimapia
	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Maalahti

Type of weather in Maalahti	fog
Current temperature:	1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.06 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1020 mb
Humidity:	96 %
Daylength at 28 April 2024:	16 hour and 17 minutes
Sunrise :	04:22 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:39 Europe/Amsterdam