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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -15.4784,Lat: 28.1232
Elevation	149 meter above sea level
Local time	5:53:49am
At island	Gran-canaria
Name province/region (Comunidad Autónoma)	Canarias
Wiki-website Subregion (Provincia)	Las Palmas
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Ladera Alta	0.7 km	NorthWest
2 Casa Ayala	0.9 km	NorthWest
3 Cañada Honda	1 km	North
4 Los Giles	1 km	South
5 Costa Ayala	1.4 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1278 km	EastNorthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	1285 km	NorthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	1707 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Cuevas Blancas lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction EastNorthEast). The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Chira (0.7 km² at a height of around 903 meter above sea level) at a distance of 26.7 km in SouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Moriscos with a height of 1771 meter (at a distance of 17.2 km and direction WestSouthWest).The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Gran Canaria (Fissure vent) at a distance of 16.3 km (direction SouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1227.3 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1718 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 51%, hill: 48%, The hills are mainly northeastern 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 Gran Canaria Airport (at a distance of 23 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna Airport (at a distance of 97 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

13.5 km2

24.8%

Agriculture

22.8 km2

41.9%

Urban area

17.4 km2

32%

Infrastructure

0.4 km2

0.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Cuevas Blancas in country Spain

Cuevas Blancas at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Risco Caido and the Sacred Mountains of Gran Canaria Cultural Landscape	Spain	20 km	West
2 San Cristóbal de La Laguna	Spain	94 km	NorthWest
3 Teide National Park	Spain	118 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Bahía del Confital	ES	0.9 km	NorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Tamaraceite

Type of weather in Tamaraceite	broken clouds
Current temperature:	23 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.55 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	50 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	10 hour and 37 minutes
Sunrise :	08:29 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:06 Europe/Amsterdam