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General information - Location

Country	Estonia
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 23.2425,Lat: 57.8026
Elevation	3 meter above sea level
Local time	15:14:31pm
At island	Ruhnu
Name province/region (Maakond)	Saaremaa
Wiki-website Subregion (Vald)	Ruhnu

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Kolka	39.5 km	WestSouthWest
2 Roja	42 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Mellsils	43 km	WestSouthWest
4 Ģipka	43.5 km	SouthWest
5 Kaltene	43.8 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rīga	Latvia	108 km	SouthEast
2 Tallinn	Estonia	198 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Helsinki	Finland	281 km	North

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Ruhnu lies at the Gulf of Riga (direction South). The nearest bigger lake is Engures ezers (22.9 km² at a distance of 53.7 km in Southern direction).The place is located at an island named Ruhnu. The distance to the mainland is 36.3 km.

The nearest mountain is Ruhnu with a height of 16 meter (at a distance of 0.6 km and direction North). The most nearby international border is the Latvian-Estonian border with a straight distance of 66.3 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 93 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 46%, low location: 54%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Riga International Airport (at a distance of 108 km and direction SouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Kuressaare Airport (at a distance of 65 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

6 km2

50.9%

Nature

2 km2

16.9%

Wet nature

1.2 km2

10.5%

Agriculture

1.6 km2

13.5%

Urban area

0.4 km2

3.3%

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

2.3%

Rock-Sand

0.3 km2

2.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Ruhnu in country Estonia

Ruhnu at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Riga	Latvia	109 km	SouthEast
2 Historic Centre (Old Town) of Tallinn	Estonia	201 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Struve Geodetic Arc	Belarus,Estonia,Finland, Latvia,Lithuania,Norway, Republic of Moldova,Russian Federation, Sweden,Ukraine	228 km	NorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Ruhnu	EE	0.4 km	EastNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Kolka

Type of weather in Kolka	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	3 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	11.79 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 6)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	983 mb
Humidity:	73 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	7 hour and 34 minutes
Sunrise :	07:26 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	15:00 Europe/Amsterdam