Biscoitos

General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -28.0321,Lat: 38.6161
Elevation	240 meter above sea level
Local time	0:05:19am
At island	Sao-jorge
Name province/region	Região Autónoma Dos Açores
Name Subregion	Ilha de São Jorge
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Calheta de São Jorge
Name	Calheta

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Calheta	1.6 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Norte Pequeno	4.3 km	EastNorthEast
3 Caminhos Novos	4.7 km	SouthEast
4 Silveira	4.8 km	SouthEast
5 Rua de Baixo	4.8 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	1637 km	EastSouthEast
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	2032 km	EastSouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	2084 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Biscoitos lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction WestSouthWest).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Pico da Esperança (Fissure vent) at a distance of 5.8 km (direction NorthNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1646.7 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 2305 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 10%, hill: 43%, low mountains: 42%, moderate high mountains: 5%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is .
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport João Paulo II Airport (at a distance of 231 km and direction SouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is São Jorge Airport (at a distance of 14 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Biscoitos in country Portugal

Biscoitos at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture	Portugal	45 km	WestNorthWest
2 Central Zone of the Town of Angra do Heroismo in the Azores	Portugal	70 km	EastSouthEast
3 Laurisilva of Madeira	Portugal	1222 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Costa NE e Ponta do Topo - Ilha de S. Jorge	PT	3.2 km	North

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Biscoitos
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Velas Municipality

Type of weather in Velas Municipality	light rain
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.08 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	90 %
Daylength at 18 April 2024:	13 hour and 20 minutes
Sunrise :	09:11 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:31 Europe/Amsterdam