Salga

General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -25.3002,Lat: 37.8445
Elevation	82 meter above sea level
Local time	1:12:35am
At island	Sao-miguel
Name province/region (Região Autónoma)	Região Autónoma Dos Açores
Wiki-website Subregion (Ilha)	Ilha de São Miguel
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Nordeste
Name	Salga

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Lomba de São Pedro	1.4 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Achadinha	1.5 km	East
3 Fenais da Ajuda	2.2 km	NorthWest
4 Achada	3 km	East
5 Feteira Pequena	3.9 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	1410 km	EastSouthEast
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1791 km	EastSouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	1874 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Salga lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction NorthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Lagoa das Furnas (1.8 km² at a height of around 279 meter above sea level) at a distance of 8.8 km in SouthWestern direction).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Furnas (Stratovolcano) at a distance of 8.4 km (direction SouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1453.7 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 2035 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 20%, hill: 58%, low mountains: 21%, The hills are mainly northern 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 36 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Santa Maria Airport (at a distance of 99 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Salga in country Portugal

Salga 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	195 km	NorthWest
2 Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture	Portugal	297 km	NorthWest
3 Laurisilva of Madeira	Portugal	968 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Pico da Vara / Ribeira do Guilherme - Ilha de S. Miguel	PT	5.6 km	SouthSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Furnas

Type of weather in Furnas	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	17 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	10.1 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	71 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	9 hour and 33 minutes
Sunrise :	09:51 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:24 Europe/Amsterdam