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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.8032,Lat: 42.4934
Elevation	17 meter above sea level
Local time	8:46:41am
Name province/region (Comunidad Autónoma)	Galicia
Wiki-website Subregion (Provincia)	Pontevedra
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Cambados
Other place with same name 1	Baltar Continente - Porto
Other place with same name 2	Baltar Galicia - Coruña, A
Other place with same name 3	Baltar Galicia - Pontevedra
Other place with same name 4	Baltar Galicia - Pontevedra - Sanxenxo
Other place with same name 5	Baltar Galicia - Pontevedra - Ponte-Caldelas
Other place with same name 6	Baltar Galicia - Ourense

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 A Barca	0.4 km	North
2 A Carrasqueira	1 km	East
3 O Barroso	1.2 km	SouthEast
4 A Bouza	1.2 km	SouthSouthWest
5 A Revolta	1.7 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	419 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	490 km	SouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	769 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Baltar lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction WestNorthWest).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 30.6 km in SouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 51.6 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 72 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 17%, low location: 77%, hill: 6%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). 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 54 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vigo Airport (at a distance of 33 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

13.6 km2

21.2%

Nature

0.9 km2

1.4%

Wet nature

7.7 km2

12%

Agriculture

35.4 km2

55.1%

Urban area

4.5 km2

Infrastructure

0.9 km2

1.4%

Water - Lakes

0.5 km2

0.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Baltar in country Spain

Baltar at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Santiago de Compostela (Old Town)	Spain	48 km	NorthEast
2 Tower of Hercules	Spain	104 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga	Portugal	111 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Complexo intermareal Umia - O Grove, A Lanzada, punta Carreirón e lagoa Bodeira	ES	0.2 km	WestNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Quintáns

Type of weather in Quintáns	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	6 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.69 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	85 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 32 minutes
Sunrise :	08:35 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	18:07 Europe/Amsterdam