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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.7561,Lat: 42.1959
Elevation	35 meter above sea level
Local time	4:16:11am
Name province/region (Comunidad Autónoma)	Galicia
Wiki-website Subregion (Provincia)	Pontevedra
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Vigo
Other place with same name 1	Pedra Branca Continente - Aveiro
Other place with same name 2	Pedra Branca Continente - Coimbra

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Comesaña	0.3 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Casás	0.3 km	SouthSouthWest
3 O Pazo	0.6 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Os Cocheiros	0.8 km	EastNorthEast
5 Romeu	0.8 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	386 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	472 km	SouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	737 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 2 km (direction NorthWest).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 26.8 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 19.4 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 27 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 5%, low location: 63%, hill: 32%, low mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is urban.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (at a distance of 82 km and direction NorthNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vigo Airport (at a distance of 11 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

21.2 km2

33.7%

Nature

2.1 km2

3.4%

Agriculture

8.6 km2

13.7%

Urban area

29.4 km2

46.7%

Infrastructure

1.2 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Pedra Branca in country Spain

Pedra Branca at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Santiago de Compostela (Old Town)	Spain	78 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga	Portugal	78 km	South
3 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	93 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Espacio marino de las Rías Baixas de Galicia	ES	3.6 km	WestNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Alcabre

Type of weather in Alcabre	clear sky
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.09 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	73 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 34 minutes
Sunrise :	08:34 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	18:08 Europe/Amsterdam