Fajã de Santo Amaro

General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -28.1633,Lat: 38.6621
Elevation	153 meter above sea level
Local time	16:19:36pm
At island	Sao-jorge
Name province/region (Região Autónoma)	Região Autónoma Dos Açores
Wiki-website Subregion (Ilha)	Ilha de São Jorge
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Velas
Name	Santo Amaro

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Ribeira do Nabo	1.2 km	EastSouthEast
2 Queimada	1.9 km	NorthWest
3 Santo Amaro	2.9 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Urzelina (S Mateus)	3.7 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Velas	4.9 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	1648 km	EastSouthEast
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	2044 km	EastSouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	2094 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Fajã de Santo Amaro lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction West).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Pico da Esperança (Fissure vent) at a distance of 7.4 km (direction SouthEast). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1655.9 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 2318 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 1%, low location: 22%, hill: 36%, low mountains: 37%, moderate high mountains: 4%, 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 244 km and direction SouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is São Jorge Airport (at a distance of 1.2 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Fajã de Santo Amaro in country Portugal

Fajã de Santo Amaro 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	36 km	West
2 Central Zone of the Town of Angra do Heroismo in the Azores	Portugal	82 km	EastSouthEast
3 Laurisilva of Madeira	Portugal	1235 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Costa NE e Ponta do Topo - Ilha de S. Jorge	PT	2.6 km	EastNorthEast

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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	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.75 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1030 mb
Humidity:	75 %
Daylength at 3 December 2024:	9 hour and 37 minutes
Sunrise :	09:54 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:31 Europe/Amsterdam