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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.8192,Lat: 42.4466
Elevation	15 meter above sea level
Local time	6:57:27am
Name province/region (Comunidad Autónoma)	Galicia
Wiki-website Subregion (Provincia)	Pontevedra
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Meaño
Other place with same name 1	Altamira Galicia - Coruña, A

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Ponte Dena	0.2 km	NorthEast
2 Viliquín	0.6 km	South
3 Os Seixiños	0.7 km	NorthNorthEast
4 A Eirexe	1 km	East
5 A Salgueira	1.1 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	413 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	488 km	SouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	765 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Altamira lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Galician Coast. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Eiras (1.5 km² at a height of around 241 meter above sea level) at a distance of 29.3 km in SouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 47 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 66 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 9%, low location: 82%, hill: 10%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (at a distance of 59 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vigo Airport (at a distance of 29 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

23 km2

31.2%

Nature

2.2 km2

Wet nature

7.9 km2

10.7%

Agriculture

35.3 km2

47.9%

Urban area

3.1 km2

4.2%

Rock-Sand

1.6 km2

2.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Altamira in country Spain

Altamira at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Santiago de Compostela (Old Town)	Spain	53 km	NorthEast
2 Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga	Portugal	106 km	South
3 Tower of Hercules	Spain	109 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Complexo intermareal Umia - O Grove, A Lanzada, punta Carreirón e lagoa Bodeira	ES	0.4 km	North

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Altamira

Type of weather in Altamira	light rain
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.93 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	78 %
Daylength at 25 November 2024:	9 hour and 27 minutes
Sunrise :	08:38 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	18:06 Europe/Amsterdam