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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.3082,Lat: 43.4042
Elevation	27 meter above sea level
Local time	9:31:09am
Name province/region	Cantabria
Name Subregion	Cantabria
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Castro-Urdiales

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Oriñón	1.5 km	WestSouthWest
2 Nocina	2.9 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Cérdigo	3.4 km	EastSouthEast
4 Isequilla	4.4 km	West
5 Rioseco	4.4 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	331 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Andorra	Andorra	408 km	EastSouthEast
3 St Helier	Jersey	651 km	NorthNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Islares lies at the Bay of Biscay (direction NorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Mino coastal: Narcea, part of the larger catchment area Minho and Lima. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse del Ebro (59.2 km² at a height of around 837 meter above sea level) at a distance of 62 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 123.7 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 173 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 5%, low location: 44%, hill: 45%, low mountains: 5%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (at a distance of 260 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Bilbao Airport (at a distance of 34 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

17.7 km2

40.9%

Nature

14.8 km2

34.2%

Agriculture

9.5 km2

22%

Urban area

0.3 km2

0.6%

Rock-Sand

0.3 km2

0.8%

Water - Lakes

0.7 km2

1.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Islares in country Spain

Islares at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vizcaya Bridge	Spain	25 km	EastSouthEast
2 Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain	Spain	66 km	West
3 Archaeological Site of Atapuerca	Spain	116 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Río Agüera	ES	0.4 km	West

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Islares

Type of weather in Islares	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.76 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	75 %
Daylength at 15 May 2024:	14 hour and 42 minutes
Sunrise :	06:48 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:30 Europe/Amsterdam