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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -15.7112,Lat: 28.1023
Elevation	meter above sea level
Local time	7:09:18am
At island	Gran-canaria
Name province/region (Comunidad Autónoma)	Canarias
Wiki-website Subregion (Provincia)	Las Palmas
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Agaete

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 El Turman	0.5 km	EastNorthEast
2 Urbanización El Palmeral	0.6 km	SouthEast
3 Agaete	1.3 km	SouthEast
4 Piso Firme	2.7 km	East
5 Urbanización la Suerte	3.8 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1296 km	EastNorthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	1297 km	NorthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	1722 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Puerto de las Nieves lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction West). The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de la Cueva de las Niñas (0.6 km² at a height of around 892 meter above sea level) at a distance of 19.9 km in Southern direction).

The nearest mountain is Moriscos with a height of 1771 meter (at a distance of 13.8 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Gran Canaria (Fissure vent) at a distance of 17.8 km (direction SouthSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1241.9 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1739 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 41%, hill: 43%, low mountains: 9%, moderate high mountains: 7%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Gran Canaria Airport (at a distance of 38 km and direction SouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna Airport (at a distance of 78 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.3 km2

3.3%

Nature

22.7 km2

58.3%

Agriculture

12.4 km2

31.7%

Urban area

2.7 km2

6.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Puerto de las Nieves in country Spain

Puerto de las Nieves 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	8.3 km	SouthSouthEast
2 San Cristóbal de La Laguna	Spain	75 km	NorthWest
3 Teide National Park	Spain	96 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Tamadaba	ES	0.5 km	SouthSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Agaete

Type of weather in Agaete	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	25 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.2 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	50 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	10 hour and 37 minutes
Sunrise :	08:30 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:07 Europe/Amsterdam