Posto Santo

General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -27.2281,Lat: 38.6819
Elevation	228 meter above sea level
Local time	7:27:23am
At island	Terceira
Name province/region	Região Autónoma Dos Açores
Name Subregion	Ilha Terceira
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Angra do Heroísmo
Name	Posto Santo

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Vinha Brava	1.7 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Pico da Urze	2.1 km	SouthWest
3 Terra Chã	2.2 km	West
4 São Carlos	2.6 km	WestSouthWest
5 Vale de Linhares	2.8 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	1567 km	EastSouthEast
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1963 km	EastSouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	2015 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 3 km (direction SouthWest).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Serra de Santa Bárbara (Stratovolcano) at a distance of 9.9 km (direction NorthNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1579.3 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 2211 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 1%, low location: 35%, hill: 52%, low mountains: 12%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. 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 175 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Lajes Airport (at a distance of 14 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Posto Santo in country Portugal

Posto Santo 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	3.1 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture	Portugal	114 km	WestNorthWest
3 Laurisilva of Madeira	Portugal	1165 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Serra Santa Bárbara e Pico Alto - Ilha da Terceira	PT	4.1 km	North

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Espigão

Type of weather in Espigão	broken clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.45 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1020 mb
Humidity:	77 %
Daylength at 19 May 2024:	14 hour and 24 minutes
Sunrise :	08:33 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:57 Europe/Amsterdam