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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -15.3887,Lat: 28.0016
Elevation	95 meter above sea level
Local time	3:45:54am
At island	Gran-canaria
Name province/region (Comunidad Autónoma)	Canarias
Wiki-website Subregion (Provincia)	Las Palmas
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Telde

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Marpequeña	0.5 km	WestNorthWest
2 Las Remudas	1 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Hoya Pozuelo	1 km	East
4 Casas Nuevas	1 km	SouthSouthWest
5 El Calero Alto	1.1 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1281 km	EastNorthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	1294 km	NorthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	1712 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Los Melones lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction East). 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 25.6 km in Western direction).

The nearest mountain is Moriscos with a height of 1771 meter (at a distance of 22.8 km and direction WestNorthWest).The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Gran Canaria (Fissure vent) at a distance of 19.1 km (direction WestNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1233.1 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1726 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 2%, low location: 89%, hill: 10%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). 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 7.6 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna Airport (at a distance of 112 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

12.2 km2

27.6%

Agriculture

15.1 km2

34.1%

Urban area

14.9 km2

33.5%

Rock-Sand

0.8 km2

1.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Los Melones in country Spain

Los Melones 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	28 km	WestNorthWest
2 San Cristóbal de La Laguna	Spain	109 km	NorthWest
3 Teide National Park	Spain	131 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Jinámar	ES	3.2 km	North

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Melenara

Type of weather in Melenara	clear sky
Current temperature:	26 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.12 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	31 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	10 hour and 38 minutes
Sunrise :	08:29 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:06 Europe/Amsterdam