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General information - Location

Country	Lithuania
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 21.3588,Lat: 56.1077
Elevation	58 meter above sea level
Local time	15:16:05pm
Name province/region	Klaipėda
Name Subregion	Kretinga
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Darbėnai

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Grūšlaukė	5 km	SouthEast
2 Nausėdai	5 km	SouthWest
3 Kumpikai	6 km	South
4 Senoji Įpiltis	6.9 km	West
5 Žemytė	7.2 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rīga	Latvia	194 km	NorthEast
2 Vilnius	Lithuania	292 km	EastSouthEast
3 Stockholm	Sweden	403 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Baltic Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 19 km (direction WestSouthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Latvia.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Venta. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Lazdininkų tv. (1.1 km² at a distance of 13.4 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Latvian-Lithuanian border with a straight distance of 7.6 km in Western direction. The estimated travel distance is around 10.7 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly western 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 184 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Palanga International Airport (at a distance of 22 km in SouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

26.8 km2

34.2%

Nature

5 km2

6.3%

Agriculture

45.1 km2

57.4%

Urban area

1.7 km2

2.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Plokščiai in country Lithuania

Plokščiai at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Curonian Spit	Lithuania,Russian Federation	96 km	South
2 Historic Centre of Riga	Latvia	194 km	NorthEast
3 Hanseatic Town of Visby	Sweden	254 km	NorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Grušlaukes miškas	LT	7.5 km	SouthEast

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Salantai

Type of weather in Salantai	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	20 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.88 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1025 mb
Humidity:	60 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	15 hour and 16 minutes
Sunrise :	04:53 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:09 Europe/Amsterdam