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General information - Location

Country	Latvia
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 26.4873,Lat: 55.8484
Elevation	95 meter above sea level
Local time	20:36:44pm
Name province/region	Daugavpils novads
Name Subregion	Kalkūnes

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Randene	1.6 km	West
2 Muitas	2.1 km	NorthWest
3 Daugavpils	3.2 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Peski II	3.4 km	EastSouthEast
5 Romaniški	3.9 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vilnius	Lithuania	149 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Rīga	Latvia	192 km	WestNorthWest
3 Minsk	Belarus	233 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Riga is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 200 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Daugava main - Lower - Aiviekste, Drysa, part of the larger catchment area Daugava. The nearest bigger lake is Šuņazars (0.7 km² at a distance of 5.2 km in Northern direction).

The nearest mountain is Egļukalns with a height of 220 meter (at a distance of 10.4 km and direction West). The most nearby international border is the Latvian-Lithuanian border with a straight distance of 14.6 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 20 km.The nearest tripoint border within 25 km is the Lithuanian Belarusian Latvian tripoint with a straight distance of 20.8 km (direction SouthEast).
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Vilnius International Airport (at a distance of 155 km and direction SouthSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

5.3 km2

6.7%

Nature

6.6 km2

8.4%

Agriculture

51.3 km2

65.4%

Urban area

12.5 km2

15.9%

Infrastructure

0.9 km2

1.1%

Water - Lakes

2 km2

2.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Kalkūni in country Latvia

Kalkūni at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Kernavė Archaeological Site (Cultural Reserve of Kernavė)	Lithuania	150 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Vilnius Historic Centre	Lithuania	150 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Historic Centre of Riga	Latvia	192 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Augszeme	LV	4.4 km	West

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Daugavpils

Type of weather in Daugavpils	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	17 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.21 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 0)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	65 %
Daylength at 17 May 2024:	16 hour and 25 minutes
Sunrise :	03:57 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:23 Europe/Amsterdam