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General information - Location

Country	Lithuania
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 22.518,Lat: 56.2377
Elevation	75 meter above sea level
Local time	16:06:56pm
Name province/region	Telšiai
Name Subregion	Mažeikiai
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Viekšniai

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Pakalupis	1 km	North
2 Ferma	1.2 km	WestNorthWest
3 Užventė	1.6 km	South
4 Gyvoliai	3.4 km	EastSouthEast
5 Žibikai	4.1 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rīga	Latvia	127 km	NorthEast
2 Vilnius	Lithuania	244 km	SouthEast
3 Tallinn	Estonia	377 km	North

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Baltic Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 92 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 Vadakstes ūdenskrātuve (0.5 km² at a distance of 20.7 km in NorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Latvian-Lithuanian border with a straight distance of 16 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 22 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly southern 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 117 km and direction NorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

12.6 km2

16.1%

Nature

1 km2

1.2%

Agriculture

60.2 km2

76.6%

Urban area

4.5 km2

5.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Viekšniai in country Lithuania

Viekšniai at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Riga	Latvia	126 km	NorthEast
2 Curonian Spit	Lithuania,Russian Federation	145 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Kernavė Archaeological Site (Cultural Reserve of Kernavė)	Lithuania	210 km	SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Ventos upe	LT	0.6 km	SouthEast

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Viekšniai

Type of weather in Viekšniai	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	21 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.9 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1023 mb
Humidity:	48 %
Daylength at 17 May 2024:	16 hour and 30 minutes
Sunrise :	04:11 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:41 Europe/Amsterdam