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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -1.9206,Lat: 37.0157
Elevation	80 meter above sea level
Local time	9:14:48am
Name province/region	Andalucía
Name Subregion	Almería
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Carboneras

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 El Llano de Don Antonio	2.3 km	SouthWest
2 Carboneras	3 km	SouthEast
3 El Argamasón	5.5 km	WestSouthWest
4 Agua Amarga	8.3 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Cortijo Cabrera	10.7 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	322 km	West
2 Madrid	Spain	409 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Lisboa	Portugal	669 km	WestNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is very close with only a distance of around 3 km (direction EastSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Andalusia Mediterranean Basins. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Cuevas del Almanzora (7.6 km² at a height of around 190 meter above sea level) at a distance of 34 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Gibraltarian-Spanish border with a straight distance of 320.5 km in Western direction. The estimated travel distance is around 449 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 2%, low location: 67%, hill: 29%, low mountains: 2%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is nature.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport (at a distance of 183 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Almería Airport (at a distance of 44 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

60.3 km2

87.9%

Agriculture

4.7 km2

6.8%

Urban area

2.2 km2

3.3%

Infrastructure

0.2 km2

0.2%

Rock-Sand

0.7 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of La Islica in country Spain

La Islica at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada	Spain	151 km	WestNorthWest
2 Renaissance Monumental Ensembles of Úbeda and Baeza	Spain	171 km	NorthWest
3 Palmeral of Elche	Spain	173 km	NorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Cabo de Gata-Níjar	ES	0.1 km	NorthNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Carboneras

Type of weather in Carboneras	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	18 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.07 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	70 %
Daylength at 13 May 2024:	14 hour and 6 minutes
Sunrise :	07:01 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:07 Europe/Amsterdam