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General information - Location

Country	Estonia
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 26.2005,Lat: 59.19
Elevation	129 meter above sea level
Local time	18:47:44pm
Name province/region (Maakond)	Lääne-Virumaa
Wiki-website Subregion (Vald)	Tamsalu

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Sääse	4.5 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tamsalu	5.9 km	SouthWest
3 Lasila	7 km	North
4 Väike-Maarja	7.3 km	SouthEast
5 Ebavere	8.8 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tallinn	Estonia	90 km	West
2 Helsinki	Finland	131 km	NorthWest
3 Rīga	Latvia	277 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Finland is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 40 km (direction NorthNorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named West Estonia. The nearest bigger lake is Porkuni (0.7 km² at a height of around 104 meter above sea level) at a distance of 0.3 km in SouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Ebavere with a height of 146 meter (at a distance of 9.7 km and direction SouthSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the Russian-Estonian border with a straight distance of 80.5 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 113 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 Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport (at a distance of 82 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Tartu Airport (at a distance of 103 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

25.6 km2

32.6%

Nature

5.5 km2

6.9%

Agriculture

46.2 km2

58.8%

Urban area

0.8 km2

Water - Lakes

0.5 km2

0.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Porkuni in country Estonia

Porkuni at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Struve Geodetic Arc	Belarus,Estonia,Finland, Latvia,Lithuania,Norway, Republic of Moldova,Russian Federation, Sweden,Ukraine	17 km	SouthEast
2 Historic Centre (Old Town) of Tallinn	Estonia	88 km	West
3 Fortress of Suomenlinna	Finland	127 km	NorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Porkuni	EE	0.2 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Tamsalu

Type of weather in Tamsalu	light snow
Current temperature:	-1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.88 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	982 mb
Humidity:	94 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	7 hour and 16 minutes
Sunrise :	07:23 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	14:39 Europe/Amsterdam