Ribeira da Laje

General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -27.2787,Lat: 38.7924
Elevation	155 meter above sea level
Local time	19:04:26pm
At island	Terceira
Name province/region (Região Autónoma)	Região Autónoma Dos Açores
Wiki-website Subregion (Ilha)	Ilha Terceira
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Angra do Heroísmo
Name	Altares

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Canado do Rego	1.5 km	West
2 Biscoitos	2.2 km	EastSouthEast
3 Ao Lugar	2.2 km	WestNorthWest
4 Ribeira dos Gatos	3.1 km	WestNorthWest
5 Raminho	4.5 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	1571 km	EastSouthEast
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1968 km	EastSouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	2017 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Ribeira da Laje lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction NorthNorthEast).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Serra de Santa Bárbara (Stratovolcano) at a distance of 7.6 km (direction SouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1579.9 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 2212 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 35%, hill: 56%, low mountains: 8%, moderate high mountains: 0%, 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 186 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Lajes Airport (at a distance of 17 km in SouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Ribeira da Laje in country Portugal

Ribeira da Laje 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	South
2 Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture	Portugal	112 km	WestNorthWest
3 Laurisilva of Madeira	Portugal	1176 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Costa das Quatro Ribeiras - Ilha da Terceira	PT	3.7 km	EastSouthEast

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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:	18 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.91 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	91 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 53 minutes
Sunrise :	09:38 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:31 Europe/Amsterdam