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General information - Location

Country	Lithuania
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 22.3192,Lat: 56.2002
Elevation	102 meter above sea level
Local time	23:56:59pm
Name province/region	Telšiai
Name Subregion	Mažeikiai
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Tirkšliai

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Pievėnai	5.3 km	SouthEast
2 Kanteniai	5.5 km	South
3 Rubikai	6.3 km	SouthWest
4 Užlieknė	6.6 km	NorthEast
5 Lėteniai	7 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rīga	Latvia	139 km	NorthEast
2 Vilnius	Lithuania	250 km	EastSouthEast
3 Tallinn	Estonia	385 km	North

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Baltic Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 79 km (direction WestSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Venta. The nearest bigger lake is Plinkšių ež. (3.4 km² at a distance of 11.2 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Latvian-Lithuanian border with a straight distance of 21.7 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 30 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 129 km and direction NorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

28.4 km2

36.2%

Nature

3 km2

3.8%

Agriculture

45.5 km2

58%

Urban area

0.9 km2

1.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Balėnos in country Lithuania

Balėnos at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Curonian Spit	Lithuania,Russian Federation	134 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Historic Centre of Riga	Latvia	138 km	NorthEast
3 Kernavė Archaeological Site (Cultural Reserve of Kernavė)	Lithuania	216 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Plinkšiu miškas	LT	7.3 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Viekšniai

Type of weather in Viekšniai	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	4 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.13 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1029 mb
Humidity:	53 %
Daylength at 8 May 2024:	15 hour and 54 minutes
Sunrise :	04:30 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:24 Europe/Amsterdam