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General information - Location

Country	Lithuania
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 22.4306,Lat: 55.8416
Elevation	176 meter above sea level
Local time	9:51:37am
Name province/region	Telšiai
Name Subregion	Telšiai
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Luokė

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Baltininkai	2.2 km	NorthWest
2 Janapolė	4.3 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Viekšnaliai	5.3 km	East
4 Biržuvėnai	6 km	North
5 Pupiniai	6.3 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rīga	Latvia	162 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Vilnius	Lithuania	220 km	EastSouthEast
3 Minsk	Belarus	394 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Baltic Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 85 km (direction WestSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Venta. The nearest bigger lake is ež. Biržulis (0.9 km² at a distance of 6.8 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Šatrija with a height of 229 meter (at a distance of 8.7 km and direction EastNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the Latvian-Lithuanian border with a straight distance of 58.9 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 82 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 99%, hill: 1%, The hills are mainly northwestern 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 153 km and direction NorthNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

13.1 km2

16.7%

Nature

2.9 km2

3.7%

Wet nature

0.6 km2

0.8%

Agriculture

59.7 km2

76%

Urban area

1.4 km2

1.8%

Water - Lakes

0.8 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Kuršai in country Lithuania

Kuršai at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Curonian Spit	Lithuania,Russian Federation	112 km	SouthWest
2 Historic Centre of Riga	Latvia	161 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Kernavė Archaeological Site (Cultural Reserve of Kernavė)	Lithuania	186 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Biržulio ir Stervo pelkiu kompleksas	LT	3.3 km	South

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Kuršai
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Varniai

Type of weather in Varniai	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.48 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	70 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	15 hour and 26 minutes
Sunrise :	04:43 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:10 Europe/Amsterdam