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Natural PlacesSite Name: Medņu dižakmens Alternative Name: Medni Giant BoulderCountry: Latvia
NOTE: This site is 31.927 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Nearest Town: Balvi
Latitude: 57.034290N Longitude: 27.166650E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Other Natural Feature in Vidzeme, Latvia
A protected geological geomorphological object.
Length 5.8m, width 5.3m, height 1.4m, perimeter 19.0m, most of the stone being under the ground.
Along road P.47, halfway between Balvi and Kapūne.
Signposted towards the West, visible from both directions. Accessible by a 100m long footpath. An brief explanatory board is placed next to the stone.
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