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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.7747,Lat: 42.2666
Elevation	40 meter above sea level
Local time	7:54:34am
Name province/region	Galicia
Name Subregion	Pontevedra
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Cangas

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Reboredo	0.3 km	WestNorthWest
2 O Espírito Santo	0.4 km	SouthEast
3 A Pedreira	0.6 km	East
4 Cangas	0.9 km	West
5 Ximeu	1 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	394 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	476 km	SouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	745 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

O Forte lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction SouthSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Galician Coast. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Eiras (1.5 km² at a height of around 241 meter above sea level) at a distance of 24.7 km in Eastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 27.1 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 38 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 6%, low location: 75%, hill: 19%, 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 forest.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (at a distance of 75 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vigo Airport (at a distance of 13 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

16.8 km2

38.4%

Nature

2.6 km2

5.9%

Wet nature

0.3 km2

0.6%

Agriculture

14.3 km2

32.5%

Urban area

8.6 km2

19.5%

Infrastructure

1.3 km2

2.9%

Rock-Sand

0.1 km2

0.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of O Forte in country Spain

O Forte at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Santiago de Compostela (Old Town)	Spain	71 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga	Portugal	86 km	South
3 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	101 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Espacio marino de las Rías Baixas de Galicia	ES	3.8 km	NorthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB O Forte
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Cangas do Morrazo

Type of weather in Cangas do Morrazo	broken clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.57 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1006 mb
Humidity:	94 %
Daylength at 17 May 2024:	14 hour and 40 minutes
Sunrise :	07:11 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:51 Europe/Amsterdam