Kapustin Yar

General information - Location

Country	Russia
Location in country	Southeast (of European part Russia)
Location in Europe	East Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 45.7,Lat: 48.55
Elevation	-6 meter above sea level
Local time	22:07:12pm
Name region/province:	Astrakhan'
Name subregion:	Astrakhan'

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Kamennyy Yar	15.9 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Kolobovka	19.4 km	WestNorthWest
3 Pologoye Zaymishche	21.3 km	East
4 Vyazovka	28.5 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Solodniki	35.2 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 თბილისი (Tbilisi)	Georgia	777 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Moskva	Russia	969 km	WestNorthWest
3 Kiyev	Ukraine	1105 km	West

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Black Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 500 km (direction SouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Volga main - Lower 3, part of the larger catchment area Volga. The nearest bigger lake is Во́лга (447.5 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 12.6 km in Southern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Kazakh-Russian border with a straight distance of 59.7 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 84 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 97%, low location: 3%,
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Gagarin International Airport (at a distance of 360 km and direction NorthNorthWest).

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Kapustin Yar in country Russia

Kapustin Yar at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Upper Svaneti	Georgia	673 km	South
2 Western Caucasus	Russian Federation	680 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Gelati Monastery	Georgia	746 km	South

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Znamensk

Type of weather in Znamensk	broken clouds
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.99 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	70 %
Daylength at 12 May 2024:	15 hour and 6 minutes
Sunrise :	03:20 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	18:26 Europe/Amsterdam