Irbene

Irbene is a ghost town in Ance Parish, in northwestern . In 1971, the Soviet Union established the secret radar center Zvezda and built a settlement for military officers and their families, naming it Irbene because of nearby river Irbe.
Wikipedia
Powermelon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Village
  • …lies at an elevation of 13 metres (43 feet)
  • Description: ghost town in Ventspils Municipality, Latvia

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ventspils International Radio Astronomy Centre.
Sandis.Spolitis, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lūžņa and Pissen.
Ed1974LT, CC BY 3.0.
is a populated place in Tārgale parish… is situated 3½ km north of Irbene.
Laima Gūtmane (simka…, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Miķeļtornis is a populated place in the Tārgale Parish… is situated 8 km northeast of Irbene.
Ymblanter, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village, which is situated 9 km west of Irbene.

Irbene

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Latitude
57.56404° or 57° 33′ 51″ north
Longitude
21.86353° or 21° 51′ 49″ east
Open location code
9G93HV77+JC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 521333095
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
13148328
Wiki­data ID
Q20504374

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Ukrainian—“Irbene” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Irbene”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اربين”
  • Estonian: “Irbene”
  • Finnish: “Irbene”
  • French: “Irbene”
  • German: “Irbene”
  • Hungarian: “Irbene”
  • Indonesian: “Irbene”
  • Japanese: “イルベネ”
  • Japanese: “リーベン (ラトビア)”
  • Latvian: “Irbene”
  • Lithuanian: “Irbenė”
  • Polish: “Irbene”
  • Russian: “Ирбене”
  • Turkish: “Irbene”
  • Ukrainian: “Ірбене”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Ventspils International Radio Astronomy Centre and 2.

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