São Roque

General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -25.6306,Lat: 37.756
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	17:03:03pm
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	Ponta Delgada
Name	Rosto do Cão (São Roque)
Other place with same name 1	São Roque Região Autónoma Dos Açores - Ilha do Pico
Other place with same name 2	São Roque Continente - Viana do Castelo
Other place with same name 3	São Roque Continente - Porto
Other place with same name 4	São Roque Continente - Porto - Lousada

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Fajã de Baixo	1.4 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Livramento	2.3 km	EastSouthEast
3 Fajã de Cima	3 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Atalhada	3.4 km	SouthEast
5 Ponta Delgada	4.2 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	1440 km	EastSouthEast
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1820 km	EastSouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	1904 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

São Roque lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction SouthSouthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Lagoa do Fogo (1.4 km² at a height of around 572 meter above sea level) at a distance of 12.5 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Picos Volcanic Fissural System (Pyroclastic cone) at a distance of 4.5 km (direction NorthNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1483.6 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 2077 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 2%, low location: 77%, hill: 21%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place is highly 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 6 km and direction WestNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Santa Maria Airport (at a distance of 99 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of São Roque in country Portugal

São Roque 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	176 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture	Portugal	273 km	NorthWest
3 Laurisilva of Madeira	Portugal	987 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Caloura-Ponta da Galera - Ilha de S. Miguel	PT	10 km	SouthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Glória

Type of weather in Glória	few clouds
Current temperature:	20 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.12 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	83 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 58 minutes
Sunrise :	09:29 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:27 Europe/Amsterdam