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General information - Location

Country	Latvia
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 25.0415,Lat: 57.8552
Elevation	58 meter above sea level
Local time	7:32:32am
Name province/region	Mazsalacas novads
Name Subregion	Skaņkalnes

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Mazsalaca	1.1 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Priedāji	1.9 km	North
3 Vecate	8.8 km	SouthEast
4 Sēļi	10.4 km	East
5 Ramata	10.7 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rīga	Latvia	114 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tallinn	Estonia	176 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Helsinki	Finland	258 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Riga is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 39 km (direction WestNorthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Estonia.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Gauja. The nearest bigger lake is Ķiruma ezers (0.7 km² at a height of around 39 meter above sea level) at a distance of 7.4 km in Southern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Latvian-Estonian border with a straight distance of 17.5 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 24 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Riga International Airport (at a distance of 122 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Pärnu Airport (at a distance of 71 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

25.4 km2

32.3%

Nature

7.6 km2

9.7%

Wet nature

1.2 km2

1.6%

Agriculture

42.2 km2

53.7%

Urban area

1.8 km2

2.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Skaņkalne in country Latvia

Skaņkalne at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Riga	Latvia	115 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Struve Geodetic Arc	Belarus,Estonia,Finland, Latvia,Lithuania,Norway, Republic of Moldova,Russian Federation, Sweden,Ukraine	153 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Historic Centre (Old Town) of Tallinn	Estonia	177 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Salacas ieleja	LV	0.5 km	West

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Mazsalaca

Type of weather in Mazsalaca	clear sky
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.94 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1023 mb
Humidity:	82 %
Daylength at 28 April 2024:	15 hour and 25 minutes
Sunrise :	04:34 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:59 Europe/Amsterdam