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General information - Location

Country	Latvia
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 28.0022,Lat: 56.135
Elevation	173 meter above sea level
Local time	20:02:48pm
Name province/region	Dagdas novads
Name Subregion	Šķaunes

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Punduri	7 km	SouthWest
2 Porečje	8.8 km	SouthWest
3 Šuškova	10.9 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Vecslabada	14.2 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Svarinci	15.6 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vilnius	Lithuania	235 km	SouthWest
2 Rīga	Latvia	255 km	West
3 Minsk	Belarus	257 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Riga is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 253 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Narva main - Upper, part of the larger catchment area Narva. The nearest bigger lake is Plisūns (4.6 km² at a height of around 149 meter above sea level) at a distance of 8.1 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Latvian-Belarusian border with a straight distance of 1 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1.4 km.The nearest tripoint border within 25 km is the Latvian Belarusian Russian tripoint with a straight distance of 10.2 km (direction NorthEast).
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Vilnius International Airport (at a distance of 239 km and direction SouthSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

24.4 km2

38.5%

Nature

6.3 km2

9.9%

Agriculture

32.3 km2

50.9%

Urban area

0.4 km2

0.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Šķaune in country Latvia

Šķaune at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Churches of the Pskov School of Architecture	Russian Federation	188 km	North
2 Vilnius Historic Centre	Lithuania	235 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Kernavė Archaeological Site (Cultural Reserve of Kernavė)	Lithuania	243 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Greblukalns	LV	7.5 km	NorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Osveya

Type of weather in Osveya	broken clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.11 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1022 mb
Humidity:	69 %
Daylength at 27 April 2024:	15 hour and 7 minutes
Sunrise :	04:31 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:39 Europe/Amsterdam