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General information - Location

Country	Latvia
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 25.8587,Lat: 57.3276
Elevation	200 meter above sea level
Local time	20:13:54pm
Name province/region (Novads)	Smiltenes novads
Wiki-website Subregion (Pagasts)	Launkalnes

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Vidzeme	9.1 km	North
2 Silva	10.3 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Drusti	10.8 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Smiltene	10.8 km	North
5 Kalnamuiža	11.7 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rīga	Latvia	112 km	SouthWest
2 Tallinn	Estonia	244 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Vilnius	Lithuania	295 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Riga is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 87 km (direction WestSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Gauja. The nearest bigger lake is Lizdoles ezers (0.5 km² at a height of around 191 meter above sea level) at a distance of 3.4 km in Southern direction).

The nearest mountain is Slapjuma kalns with a height of 248 meter (at a distance of 8.3 km and direction SouthSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Latvian-Estonian border with a straight distance of 38.9 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 54 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 71%, hill: 29%, The hills are mainly northeastern 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 122 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

43.4 km2

55.2%

Nature

8 km2

10.1%

Agriculture

26.7 km2

34%

Water - Lakes

0.5 km2

0.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Launkalne in country Latvia

Launkalne at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Riga	Latvia	113 km	SouthWest
2 Churches of the Pskov School of Architecture	Russian Federation	156 km	NorthEast
3 Struve Geodetic Arc	Belarus,Estonia,Finland, Latvia,Lithuania,Norway, Republic of Moldova,Russian Federation, Sweden,Ukraine	195 km	North

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Launkalne	LV	1.1 km	NorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Smiltene

Type of weather in Smiltene	broken clouds
Current temperature:	-2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.9 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	986 mb
Humidity:	89 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	7 hour and 39 minutes
Sunrise :	07:13 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	14:52 Europe/Amsterdam