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General information - Location

Country	Lithuania
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 23.8636,Lat: 54.3742
Elevation	141 meter above sea level
Local time	2:53:04am
Name province/region	Alytus
Name Subregion	Alytus
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Miroslavas

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Vankiškiai	1.9 km	EastSouthEast
2 Varanauskas	2.8 km	WestNorthWest
3 Zizėnai	3.9 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Santaika	4.1 km	West
5 Bendrės	4.3 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vilnius	Lithuania	97 km	NorthEast
2 Minsk	Belarus	244 km	East
3 Rīga	Latvia	289 km	North

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Baltic Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 212 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Nyoman main - Medium, part of the larger catchment area Nemunas. The nearest bigger lake is Gudelių ež. (1.2 km² at a distance of 3 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Polish-Lithuanian border with a straight distance of 34.4 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 48 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly northern 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 96 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Kaunas International Airport (at a distance of 67 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

4.4 km2

5.6%

Wet nature

0.4 km2

0.5%

Agriculture

69.9 km2

89.1%

Urban area

1.7 km2

2.1%

Water - Lakes

2.2 km2

2.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Balkūnai in country Lithuania

Balkūnai at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Kernavė Archaeological Site (Cultural Reserve of Kernavė)	Lithuania	85 km	NorthEast
2 Vilnius Historic Centre	Lithuania	99 km	EastNorthEast
3 Białowieża Forest	Belarus,Poland	184 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Meteliu regioninis parkas	LT	5.4 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 Alytus

Type of weather in Alytus	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	4 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.81 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1028 mb
Humidity:	66 %
Daylength at 9 May 2024:	15 hour and 42 minutes
Sunrise :	04:30 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:11 Europe/Amsterdam