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General information - Location

Country	Slovenia
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 14.1979,Lat: 45.7838
Elevation	512 meter above sea level
Local time	5:24:01am
Name province/region (Občina)	Postojna
Wiki-website Subregion (Naselje)	Veliki Otok

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Postojna	1.5 km	SouthEast
2 Zagon	2 km	WestNorthWest
3 Hrašče	3.4 km	WestSouthWest
4 Hrenovice	4.1 km	West
5 Rakitnik	4.3 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Ljubljana	Slovenia	39 km	NorthEast
2 Zagreb	Croatia	138 km	East
3 San Marino	San-marino	248 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 35 km (direction SouthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named North Adriatic. The nearest bigger lake is Cerkniško jezero (0.9 km² at a distance of 12.5 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Nanos with a height of 1313 meter (at a distance of 10.4 km and direction West). The most nearby international border is the Slovian-Italian border with a straight distance of 27.5 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 38 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 98%, moderate high mountains: 2%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is forest.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Ljubljana Jože Pucnik Airport (at a distance of 53 km and direction NorthNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Trieste–Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (at a distance of 57 km in Western direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

43.4 km2

55.3%

Nature

3 km2

3.8%

Wet nature

0.8 km2

Agriculture

27 km2

34.3%

Urban area

3.4 km2

4.3%

Infrastructure

0.8 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Veliki Otok in country Slovenia

Veliki Otok at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Škocjan Caves	Slovenia	20 km	SouthWest
2 The works of Jože Plečnik in Ljubljana – Human Centred Urban Design	Slovenia	37 km	NorthEast
3 Archaeological Area and the Patriarchal Basilica of Aquileia	Italy	65 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Notranjski trikotnik	SI	0.1 km	NorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Postojna

Type of weather in Postojna	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	4 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.28 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1029 mb
Humidity:	89 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	8 hour and 40 minutes
Sunrise :	07:39 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:20 Europe/Amsterdam