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General information - Location

Country	Estonia
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 26.1957,Lat: 59.102
Elevation	108 meter above sea level
Local time	19:26:57pm
Name province/region (Maakond)	Lääne-Virumaa
Wiki-website Subregion (Vald)	Väike-Maarja
Other place with same name 1	Vao Järvamaa - Koeru

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Kiltsi	1.8 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Ebavere	2.9 km	NorthEast
3 Väike-Maarja	4.5 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Sääse	7.2 km	NorthWest
5 Triigi	7.9 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tallinn	Estonia	93 km	West
2 Helsinki	Finland	139 km	NorthWest
3 Rīga	Latvia	268 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Finland is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 49 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Emajogi, part of the larger catchment area Narva. The nearest bigger lake is Porkuni (0.7 km² at a height of around 104 meter above sea level) at a distance of 8.2 km in Northern direction).

The nearest mountain is Ebavere with a height of 146 meter (at a distance of 1.4 km and direction EastNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the Russian-Estonian border with a straight distance of 75.7 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 106 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly southwestern 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 85 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Tartu Airport (at a distance of 93 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

25.6 km2

32.6%

Nature

11.6 km2

14.8%

Wet nature

1.3 km2

1.6%

Agriculture

37.3 km2

47.5%

Urban area

2.8 km2

3.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Vao in country Estonia

Vao 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	9.5 km	EastSouthEast
2 Historic Centre (Old Town) of Tallinn	Estonia	91 km	West
3 Fortress of Suomenlinna	Finland	136 km	NorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Ebavere	EE	1.2 km	NorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Väike-Maarja

Type of weather in Väike-Maarja	light snow
Current temperature:	-1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.09 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	982 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	7 hour and 18 minutes
Sunrise :	07:22 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	14:40 Europe/Amsterdam