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General information - Location

Country	Lithuania
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 21.2464,Lat: 55.5974
Elevation	21 meter above sea level
Local time	11:43:52am
Name province/region	Klaipėda
Name Subregion	Klaipėda
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Priekulė

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Dituva	2.5 km	East
2 Dercekliai	2.8 km	SouthEast
3 Gručeikiai	3 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Kaspariškiai	4 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Lingiai	4.2 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rīga	Latvia	234 km	NorthEast
2 Vilnius	Lithuania	274 km	East
3 Warszawa	Poland	375 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Baltic Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 9 km (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Nyoman coastal catchments, part of the larger catchment area Nemunas. The nearest bigger lake is Kuršių marios (390.3 km² at a distance of 4 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Russian-Latvian border with a straight distance of 34.9 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 49 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 73%, low location: 27%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Gdansk Lech Walesa Airport (at a distance of 223 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Palanga International Airport (at a distance of 43 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

20.2 km2

25.7%

Nature

5.3 km2

6.7%

Wet nature

5.6 km2

7.2%

Agriculture

39.7 km2

50.5%

Urban area

2.1 km2

2.6%

Rock-Sand

1.3 km2

1.6%

Water - Lakes

4 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Vaškiai in country Lithuania

Vaškiai at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Curonian Spit	Lithuania,Russian Federation	40 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Castle of the Teutonic Order in Malbork	Poland	224 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Historic Centre of Riga	Latvia	233 km	NorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Lužijos ir Tyru pelkes	LT	0.6 km	WestSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Priekulė

Type of weather in Priekulė	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	20 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.56 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	64 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	15 hour and 24 minutes
Sunrise :	04:49 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:14 Europe/Amsterdam