Pissen

Miķeļtornis is a populated place in the Tārgale Parish of in the region of . It is one of the twelve Livonian villages on the Livonian Coast.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Village with 28 residents
  • Description: village in Latvia on the Livonian Coast
  • Also known as: “Dvor Pissen”, “Miķeļbāka”, “Miķeļciems”, “Miķeļtornis”, “Mitel’baka”, “Piza”, and “Pizā”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Miķeļbāka.

Lighthouse
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or Miķeļtornis is the tallest lighthouse in . It is located in the village of Miķeļtornis, Tārgale Parish, ; about 34 kilometres northeast of Ventspils.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lūžņa and Irbene.

Village
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is a populated place in Tārgale parish, Ventspils municipality, Latvia, one of the twelve Livonian villages on the Livonian coast. was a long fishing hamlet at the coast of the Baltic Sea about 30 kilometers from in the direction of . is situated 6 km west of Pissen.

Village
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is a ghost town in Ance Parish, in northwestern . In 1971, the Soviet Union established a secret radar center "Звезда" and built a settlement for military officers and their families, naming it because of nearby river Irbe. is situated 8 km southwest of Pissen.

Village
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is a populated place in Tārgale Parish, , . It is one of the twelve Livonian villages on Līvõd rānda - the Livonian Coast. is situated 8 km east of Pissen.

Pissen

Latitude
57.59996° or 57° 35′ 60″ north
Longitude
21.97541° or 21° 58′ 32″ east
Population
28
Elevation
8 metres (26 feet)
Open location code
9G93HXXG+X5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 417803755
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
457310
Wiki­data ID
Q2667994
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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Turkish—“Pissen” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: “Мікэльторніс”
  • Chinese: “米基耶利托尔尼斯”
  • Dutch: “Miķeļtornis”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ميكيلتورنيس”
  • Estonian: “Mikeltornis”
  • Estonian: “Miķeļtornis”
  • Estonian: “Piza”
  • Estonian: “Pizā”
  • Finnish: “Mikeltornis”
  • Finnish: “Miķeļtornis”
  • German: “Mikelbaka”
  • German: “Miķeļtornis”
  • German: “Pissen”
  • German: “Pize”
  • Hungarian: “Miķeļtornis”
  • Hungarian: “Pissen”
  • Hungarian: “Piza”
  • Hungarian: “Pizā”
  • Latgalian: “Meikultūrņs”
  • Latvian: “Miķeļbāka”
  • Latvian: “Miķeļciems”
  • Latvian: “Miķeļtornis”
  • Latvian: “Pissen”
  • Latvian: “Pizā”
  • Latvian: “Pize”
  • Lithuanian: “Mikeltuornis”
  • Liv: “Pizā”
  • Russian: “Pizā”
  • Russian: “Микелторнис”
  • Russian: “Микельбак”
  • Russian: “Микельторнис”
  • Russian: “Микельциемс”
  • Turkish: “Miķeļtornis”

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