Irbene
Irbene is a ghost town in Ance Parish, Ventspils Municipality in 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.Places of Interest
Highlights include Ventspils International Radio Astronomy Centre.
Ventspils International Radio Astronomy Centre
Building
Ventspils International Radio Astronomy Centre is a building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lūžņa and Pissen.
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 3½ km north of Irbene.
Pissen
Village
Miķeļtornis is a populated place in the Tārgale Parish of Ventspils Municipality in the Courland region of Latvia. It is one of the twelve Livonian villages on the Livonian Coast. Pissen is situated 8 km northeast of Irbene.
Irbene
- Type: Village
- Description: ghost town in Ventspils Municipality, Latvia
- Categories: village in Latvia, small village in Latvia, and locality
- Location: Ances pagasts, Ventspils Municipality, Latvia, Baltic states, Europe
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Latitude
57.56404° or 57° 33′ 51″ north
Longitude
21.86353° or 21° 51′ 49″ east
Elevation
13 metres (43 feet)
Open location code
9G93HV77+JC
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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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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