Santa Cruz

General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -28.194,Lat: 38.4016
Elevation	108 meter above sea level
Local time	23:09:18pm
At island	Pico
Name province/region	Região Autónoma Dos Açores
Name Subregion	Ilha do Pico
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Lajes do Pico
Name	Ribeiras

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Caminho de Cima	0.5 km	WestNorthWest
2 Terras	3.4 km	West
3 Lajes do Pico	5.3 km	West
4 Ribeira do Meio	5.8 km	NorthWest
5 Santo Amaro	6 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	1653 km	EastSouthEast
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	2045 km	EastSouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	2103 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Santa Cruz lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction SouthSouthEast).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Mount Pico (Stratovolcano) at a distance of 19.9 km (direction NorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1666.8 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 2334 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 2%, low location: 15%, hill: 25%, low mountains: 29%, moderate high mountains: 29%, 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 235 km and direction SouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Pico Airport (at a distance of 28 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Santa Cruz in country Portugal

Santa Cruz 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	33 km	NorthWest
2 Central Zone of the Town of Angra do Heroismo in the Azores	Portugal	87 km	East
3 Laurisilva of Madeira	Portugal	1223 km	SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Montanha do Pico, Prainha e Caveiro - Ilha do Pico	PT	3.5 km	North

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at São Roque do Pico Municipality

Type of weather in São Roque do Pico Municipality	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	18 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.3 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	1023 mb
Humidity:	86 %
Daylength at 21 May 2024:	14 hour and 24 minutes
Sunrise :	08:37 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	23:01 Europe/Amsterdam