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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -15.5729,Lat: 28.1271
Elevation	189 meter above sea level
Local time	14:11:07pm
At island	Gran-canaria
Name province/region	Canarias
Name Subregion	Las Palmas
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Moya

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Lance	1 km	South
2 Carreras	1 km	WestSouthWest
3 Los Toscales Parte Alta	1 km	NorthWest
4 Lomo Blanco	1 km	SouthWest
5 Frontón	1.2 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1284 km	EastNorthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	1289 km	NorthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	1712 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 2 km (direction NorthNorthEast). The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de la Cueva de las Niñas (0.6 km² at a height of around 892 meter above sea level) at a distance of 23.1 km in SouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Moriscos with a height of 1771 meter (at a distance of 12.4 km and direction SouthWest).The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Gran Canaria (Fissure vent) at a distance of 13.9 km (direction SouthSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1232.1 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1725 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 23%, hill: 50%, low mountains: 27%, The hills are mainly northern 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 29 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna Airport (at a distance of 88 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

3.3 km2

5.4%

Nature

4.5 km2

7.4%

Agriculture

50.3 km2

83.8%

Urban area

2 km2

3.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of El Palo in country Spain

El Palo 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	WestSouthWest
2 San Cristóbal de La Laguna	Spain	85 km	NorthWest
3 Teide National Park	Spain	109 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Azuaje	ES	1.8 km	SouthSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Lomo Blanco

Type of weather in Lomo Blanco	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	22 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.91 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	66 %
Daylength at 13 May 2024:	13 hour and 31 minutes
Sunrise :	08:13 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:43 Europe/Amsterdam