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General information - Location

Country	Finland
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 29.3956,Lat: 61.7528
Elevation	75 meter above sea level
Local time	6:20:16am
Name province/region (Aluehallintovirasto)	Eastern Finland (Itä-Suomen aluehallintovirasto)
Wiki-website Maakunta (Maakunta#Landskap)	Etelä-Savo#Södra Savolax
Name Kunta	Savonlinna#Nyslott

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Akonpohja	16.7 km	East
2 Särkisalmi	17.5 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Kerimäki	19 km	NorthWest
4 Parikkala	22.9 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Kesälahti	27.4 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Helsinki	Finland	297 km	SouthWest
2 Tallinn	Estonia	364 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Rīga	Latvia	610 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Finland is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 119 km (direction South).The coastline is located in another country namely Russia.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Vuoksi, part of the larger catchment area Neva. The nearest bigger lake is Saimaa (5276 km² at a height of around 75 meter above sea level) at a distance of 0.2 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Russian-Finnish border with a straight distance of 25 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 35 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. The most common land use in the area is water.

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

Name
Suur-Saimaan seutu

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Pulkovo Airport (at a distance of 224 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Savonlinna Airport (at a distance of 32 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

31.7 km2

40.4%

Nature

0.7 km2

0.8%

Agriculture

3.1 km2

3.9%

Urban area

3.5 km2

4.5%

Water - Lakes

39.6 km2

50.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Punkaharju in country Finland

Punkaharju at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Verla Groundwood and Board Mill	Finland	165 km	SouthWest
2 Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments	Russian Federation	208 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Petäjävesi Old Church	Finland	228 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Punkaharju	FI	1.2 km	WestNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Punkaharju

Type of weather in Punkaharju	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	-11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.22 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1008 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	5 hour and 16 minutes
Sunrise :	08:21 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	13:37 Europe/Amsterdam