Ribeira dos Gatos

General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -27.3148,Lat: 38.7901
Elevation	103 meter above sea level
Local time	14:26:04pm
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 Ao Lugar	0.9 km	EastSouthEast
2 Raminho	1.4 km	West
3 Canado do Rego	1.8 km	SouthEast
4 Ribeira da Laje	3.1 km	EastSouthEast
5 Biscoitos	5.3 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	1574 km	EastSouthEast
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1971 km	EastSouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	2020 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Ribeira dos Gatos lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction North).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Serra de Santa Bárbara (Stratovolcano) at a distance of 6.7 km (direction SouthSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1582.9 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 2216 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 32%, hill: 49%, low mountains: 15%, moderate high mountains: 4%, 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 189 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Lajes Airport (at a distance of 20 km in SouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Ribeira dos Gatos in country Portugal

Ribeira dos Gatos 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	18 km	South
2 Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture	Portugal	109 km	WestNorthWest
3 Laurisilva of Madeira	Portugal	1178 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Serra Santa Bárbara e Pico Alto - Ilha da Terceira	PT	0.9 km	NorthNorthWest

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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	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	21 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.58 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	83 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 53 minutes
Sunrise :	09:38 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:32 Europe/Amsterdam