Oviši
Oviši is a village in Tārgales pagasts, Ventspils Municipality and has about 10 residents. Oviši is situated nearby to the locality Renči, as well as near the village Jaunupe.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 10 residents
- Description: village in Latvia on the Livonian coast
- Also known as: “Ovishi”, “Ovisi”, and “Patikmō”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lyser Ort Lighthouse.
Lyser Ort Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Oviši Lighthouse is a lighthouse located in Oviši, Latvia near Tārgale on the Courland Peninsula coast of the Baltic Sea.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Irbene and Lūžņa.
Irbene
Village
Photo: Powermelon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Irbene is a ghost town in Ance parish, northwestern Latvia. In 1971, the Soviet Union established a secret radar center "Звезда" and built a settlement for military officers and their families, naming it Irbene because of nearby river Irbe. Irbene is situated 9 km east of Oviši.
Lūžņa
Village
Lūžņa is a populated place in Tārgale parish, Ventspils municipality, Latvia, one of the twelve Livonian villages on the Livonian coast. Lūžņa was a long fishing hamlet at the coast of the Baltic Sea about 30 kilometers from Ventspils in the direction of Kolka. Lūžņa is situated 9 km east of Oviši.
Oviši
- Categories: village in Latvia, dispersed settlement in Latvia, and locality
- Location: Tārgales pagasts, Ventspils Municipality, Latvia, Baltic states, Europe
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Latitude
57.57029° or 57° 34′ 13″ northLongitude
21.72004° or 21° 43′ 12″ eastPopulation
10Elevation
10 metres (33 feet)Open location code
9G93HPCC+42OpenStreetMap ID
node 417790889OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
456995Wikidata ID
Q13114346
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Turkish—“Oviši” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Oviši”
- Dutch: “Patikmō”
- Estonian: “Oviši”
- German: “Lüserort”
- German: “Ovīši”
- German: “Patikmō”
- Hungarian: “Ovīši”
- Hungarian: “Patikmō”
- Latvian: “Luserort”
- Latvian: “Lüserort”
- Latvian: “Oviši”
- Latvian: “Ovīši”
- Latvian: “Patikmō”
- Latvian: “Patīkmō”
- Latvian: “Paţikmō”
- Lithuanian: “Uovišai”
- Lithuanian: “Uovišiai”
- Swedish: “Oviši”
- Turkish: “Oviši”
- Turkish: “Ovişi”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Renči and Jaunupe.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ovišu Kapi and Zemes spēka vieta “Čīkstele”.
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