Volta

General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -28.6326,Lat: 38.5526
Elevation	28 meter above sea level
Local time	23:01:27pm
At island	Faial
Name province/region	Região Autónoma Dos Açores
Name Subregion	Ilha do Faial
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Horta
Name	Horta (Conceição)

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Lomba	0.6 km	SouthEast
2 Santo Amaro	0.8 km	SouthWest
3 Praia	1.3 km	East
4 Chão Frio	1.3 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Flamengos	1.5 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	1689 km	EastSouthEast
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	2084 km	EastSouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	2136 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 2 km (direction SouthSouthEast).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Cabeço Gordo (Stratovolcano) at a distance of 10.3 km (direction NorthNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1697.5 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 2376 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 3%, low location: 52%, hill: 42%, low mountains: 3%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly 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 277 km and direction SouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Horta Airport (at a distance of 7.9 km in Western direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Volta in country Portugal

Volta 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	9.3 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Central Zone of the Town of Angra do Heroismo in the Azores	Portugal	122 km	EastSouthEast
3 Laurisilva of Madeira	Portugal	1265 km	SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Monte da Guia - Ilha do Faial	PT	2.9 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Volta
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	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Matriz

Type of weather in Matriz	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.68 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1027 mb
Humidity:	75 %
Daylength at 28 April 2024:	13 hour and 41 minutes
Sunrise :	09:01 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:42 Europe/Amsterdam