Amba (ამბა)

General information - Location

Country	Georgia
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	East Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 44.9266,Lat: 42.6694
Elevation	1971 meter above sea level
Local time	12:37:48pm

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 ახიელი (Akhieli)	2.3 km	SouthSouthWest
2 ჭიმღა (Chimgha)	5.1 km	SouthSouthWest
3 ესტეჩო (Estecho)	10.8 km	SouthSouthEast
4 ზეისტეჩო (Zeistecho)	10.9 km	SouthEast
5 წინხადუ (Tsinkhadu)	11.1 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 თბილისი (Tbilisi)	Georgia	110 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Nicosia	Cyprus	1330 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Chişinău	Moldova	1338 km	West

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Black Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 273 km (direction SouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Sunzha, part of the larger catchment area Terek. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is ჟინვალის წყალსაცავი (9.5 km² at a height of around 771 meter above sea level) at a distance of 53.8 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Mount Kazbek (Stratovolcano) at a distance of 34.7 km (direction WestSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Russian-Georgian border with a straight distance of 5.4 km in Western direction. The estimated travel distance is around 7.6 km.
Elevation around place: high mountains: 100%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Grozny North Airport (at a distance of 104 km and direction NorthNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Beslan Airport (at a distance of 64 km in NorthWestern direction).

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Amba (ამბა) in country Georgia

Amba (ამბა) at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historical Monuments of Mtskheta	Georgia	95 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Upper Svaneti	Georgia	157 km	WestSouthWest
3 Monasteries of Haghpat and Sanahin	Armenia	178 km	SouthSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Stepantsminda

Type of weather in Stepantsminda	light rain
Current temperature:	2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.79 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	100 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	14 hour and 18 minutes
Sunrise :	03:48 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	18:05 Europe/Amsterdam