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General information - Location

Country	Lithuania
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 21.876,Lat: 56.0742
Elevation	175 meter above sea level
Local time	1:37:57am
Name province/region	Telšiai
Name Subregion	Plungė
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Žemaičių Kalvarija

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Gegrėnai	3.5 km	NorthEast
2 Jazdauskiškiai	4.7 km	EastNorthEast
3 Plateliai	5.1 km	SouthWest
4 Dovainiai	5.7 km	West
5 Beržoras	6.7 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rīga	Latvia	169 km	NorthEast
2 Vilnius	Lithuania	263 km	EastSouthEast
3 Tallinn	Estonia	408 km	NorthNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Baltic Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 50 km (direction WestSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Nyoman main - Lower, part of the larger catchment area Nemunas. The nearest bigger lake is Platelių ež. (12.1 km² at a height of around 145 meter above sea level) at a distance of 1.6 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Latvian-Lithuanian border with a straight distance of 28.3 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 40 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 160 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Palanga International Airport (at a distance of 50 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

25.9 km2

33%

Nature

1.3 km2

1.6%

Wet nature

0.4 km2

0.4%

Agriculture

39.6 km2

50.5%

Urban area

1.8 km2

2.3%

Water - Lakes

9.6 km2

12.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Virkšai in country Lithuania

Virkšai at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Curonian Spit	Lithuania,Russian Federation	106 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Historic Centre of Riga	Latvia	169 km	NorthEast
3 Kernavė Archaeological Site (Cultural Reserve of Kernavė)	Lithuania	229 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Žemaitijos nacionalinis parkas	LT	0 km	East

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Seda

Type of weather in Seda	broken clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.5 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	81 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	15 hour and 37 minutes
Sunrise :	04:40 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:17 Europe/Amsterdam