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General information - Location

Country	Finland
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 28.2987,Lat: 62.0702
Elevation	87 meter above sea level
Local time	13:49:25pm
Name province/region	Eastern Finland (Itä-Suomen aluehallintovirasto)
Name Maakunta	Etelä-Savo#Södra Savolax
Name Kunta	Rantasalmi

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Kangaslampi	25.4 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Joroinen	27.8 km	WestNorthWest
3 Juva	29.9 km	SouthWest
4 Kuvansi	31.2 km	WestNorthWest
5 Sulkava	32.1 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Helsinki	Finland	277 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tallinn	Estonia	353 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Rīga	Latvia	615 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Finland is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 151 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The coastline is located in another country namely Russia.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Vuoksi - Tributary 1, part of the larger catchment area Neva. The nearest bigger lake is Kasulanlampi (1.7 km² at a height of around 74 meter above sea level) at a distance of 0 km in Eastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Russian-Finnish border with a straight distance of 90.9 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 127 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, 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
Suur-Saimaan seutu

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Helsinki Vantaa Airport (at a distance of 263 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Varkaus Airport (at a distance of 25 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

42.9 km2

54.6%

Nature

2.8 km2

3.5%

Wet nature

2 km2

2.5%

Agriculture

13.9 km2

17.7%

Urban area

2.3 km2

2.9%

Water - Lakes

14.7 km2

18.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Rantasalmi in country Finland

Rantasalmi at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Verla Groundwood and Board Mill	Finland	142 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Petäjävesi Old Church	Finland	164 km	West
3 Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments	Russian Federation	262 km	SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Kosulanlampi - Pieni Raudanvesi	FI	0.4 km	NorthNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Rantasalmi

Type of weather in Rantasalmi	few clouds
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.97 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1022 mb
Humidity:	57 %
Daylength at 28 April 2024:	16 hour and 6 minutes
Sunrise :	04:01 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:07 Europe/Amsterdam