Terra Chã

General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -25.1603,Lat: 37.761
Elevation	170 meter above sea level
Local time	1:34:34am
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	Povoação
Name	Água Retorta
Other place with same name 1	Terra Chã Região Autónoma Dos Açores - Ilha Terceira

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Faial da Terra	3.7 km	West
2 Pedreira	5.3 km	NorthEast
3 Lomba do Alcaide	6.2 km	WestNorthWest
4 Lomba do Loução	6.3 km	WestNorthWest
5 Lomba dos Pós	6.7 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	1399 km	EastSouthEast
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1779 km	EastSouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	1865 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Terra Chã lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction SouthSouthEast). 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 14.6 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Furnas (Stratovolcano) at a distance of 14.1 km (direction WestNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1445.8 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 2024 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 1%, low location: 10%, hill: 55%, low mountains: 33%, moderate high mountains: 1%, The hills are mainly southeastern 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 47 km and direction WestNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Santa Maria Airport (at a distance of 88 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Terra Chã in country Portugal

Terra Chã 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	211 km	NorthWest
2 Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture	Portugal	312 km	NorthWest
3 Laurisilva of Madeira	Portugal	952 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Pico da Vara / Ribeira do Guilherme - Ilha de S. Miguel	PT	0.5 km	NorthEast

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Ribeira Quente

Type of weather in Ribeira Quente	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	17 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.51 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	87 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 57 minutes
Sunrise :	09:28 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:25 Europe/Amsterdam