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General information - Location

Country	Estonia
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 22.4669,Lat: 58.9814
Elevation	3 meter above sea level
Local time	2:02:46am
At island	Hiiumaa
Name province/region	Hiiumaa
Name Subregion	Hiiu

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Lauka	3.8 km	EastSouthEast
2 Kärdla	16 km	EastNorthEast
3 Männamaa	19 km	SouthEast
4 Lõpe	20.6 km	East
5 Käina	25 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tallinn	Estonia	136 km	EastNorthEast
2 Helsinki	Finland	192 km	NorthEast
3 Rīga	Latvia	247 km	SouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Kõrgessaare lies at the Baltic Sea (direction NorthNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named West Estonia. The nearest bigger lake is Tihu (0.6 km² at a height of around 13 meter above sea level) at a distance of 14.5 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Tornimägi with a height of 68 meter (at a distance of 16.9 km and direction SouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Latvian-Estonian border with a straight distance of 165.8 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 232 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 59%, low location: 41%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport (at a distance of 143 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Kärdla Airport (at a distance of 21 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

21.6 km2

47.9%

Nature

9.8 km2

21.7%

Wet nature

1.3 km2

2.8%

Agriculture

11.3 km2

25%

Urban area

0.4 km2

0.9%

Rock-Sand

0.3 km2

0.7%

Water - Lakes

0.5 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Kõrgessaare in country Estonia

Kõrgessaare at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre (Old Town) of Tallinn	Estonia	138 km	EastNorthEast
2 Fortress of Suomenlinna	Finland	192 km	NorthEast
3 Struve Geodetic Arc	Belarus,Estonia,Finland, Latvia,Lithuania,Norway, Republic of Moldova,Russian Federation, Sweden,Ukraine	222 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Kõrgessaare-Mudaste	EE	0.4 km	NorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Kärdla linn

Type of weather in Kärdla linn	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	4 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.94 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	999 mb
Humidity:	91 %
Daylength at 17 April 2024:	14 hour and 39 minutes
Sunrise :	05:09 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:48 Europe/Amsterdam