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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -15.541,Lat: 28.0433
Elevation	805 meter above sea level
Local time	15:17:10pm
At island	Gran-canaria
Name province/region	Canarias
Name Subregion	Las Palmas
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Teror

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 La Solana	0.9 km	South
2 Sagrado Corazón	1 km	WestSouthWest
3 Pino Santo Alto	1 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Los Corrales	1 km	NorthWest
5 El Piquillo	1.4 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1288 km	EastNorthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	1296 km	NorthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	1717 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 11 km (direction NorthEast). 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 16.3 km in SouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Moriscos with a height of 1771 meter (at a distance of 7.7 km and direction West).The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Gran Canaria (Fissure vent) at a distance of 5.9 km (direction SouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1237.7 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1733 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 11%, low mountains: 47%, moderate high mountains: 42%, high mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. 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 20 km and direction SouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna Airport (at a distance of 96 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

4.5 km2

5.8%

Nature

26.3 km2

33.5%

Agriculture

45.8 km2

58.3%

Viticulture

0.2 km2

0.2%

Urban area

1.7 km2

2.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of El Faro in country Spain

El Faro 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	12 km	WestNorthWest
2 San Cristóbal de La Laguna	Spain	93 km	NorthWest
3 Teide National Park	Spain	114 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Pino Santo	ES	0.8 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Teror

Type of weather in Teror	few clouds
Current temperature:	19 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	13.89 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 7)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	60 %
Daylength at 14 May 2024:	13 hour and 31 minutes
Sunrise :	08:12 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:44 Europe/Amsterdam