Biscoitos

General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -27.2538,Lat: 38.7914
Elevation	166 meter above sea level
Local time	15:10:14pm
At island	Terceira
Name province/region (Região Autónoma)	Região Autónoma Dos Açores
Wiki-website Subregion (Ilha)	Ilha Terceira
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Praia da Vitória
Name	Biscoitos
Other place with same name 1	Biscoitos Região Autónoma Dos Açores - Ilha de São Jorge

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Ribeira da Laje	2.2 km	WestNorthWest
2 Quatro Ribeiras	3.1 km	EastSouthEast
3 Canado do Rego	3.6 km	WestNorthWest
4 Ao Lugar	4.4 km	WestNorthWest
5 Ribeira dos Gatos	5.3 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	1569 km	EastSouthEast
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1966 km	EastSouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	2015 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Biscoitos lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction EastNorthEast).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Serra de Santa Bárbara (Stratovolcano) at a distance of 8.7 km (direction WestSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1577.9 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 2209 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 35%, hill: 53%, low mountains: 12%, The hills are mainly northeastern 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 185 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Lajes Airport (at a distance of 15 km in SouthEastern 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 Central Zone of the Town of Angra do Heroismo in the Azores	Portugal	16 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture	Portugal	114 km	WestNorthWest
3 Laurisilva of Madeira	Portugal	1174 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Costa das Quatro Ribeiras - Ilha da Terceira	PT	1.6 km	East

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 Biscoitos

Type of weather in Biscoitos	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	20 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.81 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	80 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 53 minutes
Sunrise :	09:38 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:31 Europe/Amsterdam