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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.946,Lat: 36.7319
Elevation	23 meter above sea level
Local time	9:33:53am
Name province/region (Comunidad Autónoma)	Andalucía
Wiki-website Subregion (Provincia)	Málaga
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Torrox

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Torrox Park	0.8 km	North
2 Castillo Bajo Conejito	1.7 km	West
3 Torrox	2.1 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Generación del 27	2.9 km	WestNorthWest
5 Los Llanos	3 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	141 km	WestSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	409 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Lisboa	Portugal	514 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

El Peñoncillo lies at the Alboran Sea (Mediterranean Sea) (direction SouthSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Andalusia Mediterranean Basins. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de la Viñuela (5.9 km² at a height of around 234 meter above sea level) at a distance of 24 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Gibraltarian-Spanish border with a straight distance of 139.8 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 196 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 6%, low location: 64%, hill: 30%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Málaga-Costa del Sol Airport (at a distance of 50 km and direction West).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

4.8 km2

13.6%

Agriculture

26.5 km2

75.8%

Urban area

3 km2

8.5%

Infrastructure

0.8 km2

2.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of El Peñoncillo in country Spain

El Peñoncillo at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada	Spain	58 km	NorthEast
2 Antequera Dolmens Site	Spain	63 km	NorthWest
3 Gorham's Cave Complex	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	141 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Bahía de Málaga-Cerro Gordo	ES	0.2 km	SouthSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Torrox

Type of weather in Torrox	clear sky
Current temperature:	17 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.53 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	58 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	10 hour and 2 minutes
Sunrise :	08:01 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	18:02 Europe/Amsterdam