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General information - Location

Country	Finland
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 30.1717,Lat: 62.562
Elevation	152 meter above sea level
Local time	5:22:46am
Name province/region (Aluehallintovirasto)	Eastern Finland (Itä-Suomen aluehallintovirasto)
Wiki-website Maakunta (Maakunta#Landskap)	Pohjois-Karjala#Norra Karelen
Name Kunta	Joensuu

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Kiihtelysvaara	8.8 km	SouthEast
2 Reijola	17.5 km	WestSouthWest
3 Hammaslahti	17.6 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Paihola	18.8 km	WestNorthWest
5 Kovero	19 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Helsinki	Finland	384 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tallinn	Estonia	456 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Rīga	Latvia	708 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Finland is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 218 km (direction South).The coastline is located in another country namely Russia.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Lake Ladoga - Tributary 2, part of the larger catchment area Neva. The nearest bigger lake is Pitkälampi (1.1 km² at a height of around 118 meter above sea level) at a distance of 1.1 km in Western direction).

The most nearby international border is the Russian-Finnish border with a straight distance of 46.7 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 65 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, hill: 0%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Vaara-Karjala

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Pulkovo Airport (at a distance of 309 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Joensuu Airport (at a distance of 31 km in Western direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

63.9 km2

81.3%

Nature

4.9 km2

6.3%

Wet nature

0.3 km2

0.3%

Agriculture

2 km2

2.5%

Urban area

1.4 km2

1.8%

Water - Lakes

6.1 km2

7.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Heinävaara in country Finland

Heinävaara at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Verla Groundwood and Board Mill	Finland	248 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Petäjävesi Old Church	Finland	259 km	WestSouthWest
3 Kizhi Pogost	Russian Federation	268 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Jukavaara-Srkilamminvaara	FI	2.9 km	SouthSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Kiihtelysvaara

Type of weather in Kiihtelysvaara	broken clouds
Current temperature:	-14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.34 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	98 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	4 hour and 56 minutes
Sunrise :	08:28 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	13:23 Europe/Amsterdam