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General information - Location

Country	Lithuania
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 21.5772,Lat: 56.1983
Elevation	58 meter above sea level
Local time	5:13:29am
Name province/region	Klaipėda
Name Subregion	Skuodas
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Mosėdis

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Udraliai	1.7 km	WestSouthWest
2 Mosėdis	3.5 km	South
3 Ersla	4.4 km	EastNorthEast
4 Puodkaliai	4.8 km	NorthWest
5 Kernai	5.2 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rīga	Latvia	178 km	NorthEast
2 Vilnius	Lithuania	286 km	EastSouthEast
3 Stockholm	Sweden	401 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Baltic Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 34 km (direction WestSouthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Latvia.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Venta. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Mosėdžio II tv. (0.8 km² at a distance of 3.7 km in Southern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Latvian-Lithuanian border with a straight distance of 9.6 km in WestNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 13.4 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Riga International Airport (at a distance of 167 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Palanga International Airport (at a distance of 39 km in SouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

5.6 km2

7.1%

Nature

1 km2

1.3%

Agriculture

66.8 km2

85%

Urban area

4.1 km2

5.3%

Water - Lakes

1 km2

1.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Krakės in country Lithuania

Krakės at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Curonian Spit	Lithuania,Russian Federation	110 km	South
2 Historic Centre of Riga	Latvia	177 km	NorthEast
3 Kernavė Archaeological Site (Cultural Reserve of Kernavė)	Lithuania	252 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Erlos ir Salanto upiu sensleniai	LT	4 km	South

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Krakės
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	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Mosėdis

Type of weather in Mosėdis	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.31 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1025 mb
Humidity:	88 %
Daylength at 16 May 2024:	16 hour and 26 minutes
Sunrise :	04:17 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:42 Europe/Amsterdam