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General information - Location

Country	Latvia
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 23.1236,Lat: 57.3373
Elevation	2 meter above sea level
Local time	8:16:47am
Name province/region	Mērsraga novads

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Upesgrīva	8.5 km	WestNorthWest
2 Ķūļciems	9.3 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Bērzciems	10.5 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Valgalciems	13.4 km	WestNorthWest
5 Pļavas	16 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rīga	Latvia	74 km	EastSouthEast
2 Tallinn	Estonia	249 km	North
3 Vilnius	Lithuania	323 km	SouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Mērsrags lies at the Gulf of Riga (direction NorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Venta. The nearest bigger lake is Engures ezers (22.9 km² at a distance of 2.9 km in Southern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Latvian-Estonian border with a straight distance of 94.6 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 132 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 53%, low location: 47%, 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 69 km and direction EastSouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

20.7 km2

47.5%

Nature

0.4 km2

0.8%

Wet nature

8.2 km2

18.9%

Agriculture

7.1 km2

16.2%

Urban area

1.5 km2

3.5%

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.7%

Rock-Sand

0.7 km2

1.6%

Water - Lakes

4.7 km2

10.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Mērsrags in country Latvia

Mērsrags at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Riga	Latvia	74 km	EastSouthEast
2 Historic Centre (Old Town) of Tallinn	Estonia	251 km	North
3 Curonian Spit	Lithuania,Russian Federation	265 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Engures ezers	LV	0.1 km	NorthNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Mērsrags

Type of weather in Mērsrags	broken clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.47 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1022 mb
Humidity:	65 %
Daylength at 14 May 2024:	16 hour and 31 minutes
Sunrise :	04:08 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:39 Europe/Amsterdam