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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -15.4791,Lat: 28.0901
Elevation	246 meter above sea level
Local time	2:59:08am
At island	Gran-canaria
Name province/region	Canarias
Name Subregion	Las Palmas
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Isla Perdida	0.4 km	NorthWest
2 La Suerte	0.7 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Piletas	0.9 km	WestNorthWest
4 Cruz del Ovejero	1 km	North
5 Tamaraceite	1.2 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1281 km	EastNorthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	1289 km	NorthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	1710 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 4 km (direction NorthNorthEast). 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 23.8 km in SouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Moriscos with a height of 1771 meter (at a distance of 15.2 km and direction WestSouthWest).The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Gran Canaria (Fissure vent) at a distance of 13.6 km (direction WestSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1230.2 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1722 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 31%, hill: 62%, low mountains: 7%, The hills are mainly northern 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 20 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna Airport (at a distance of 99 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

28.9 km2

37.5%

Agriculture

30.8 km2

39.9%

Viticulture

0.2 km2

0.2%

Urban area

16.2 km2

21%

Infrastructure

0.7 km2

0.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Risco Negro in country Spain

Risco Negro 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	19 km	West
2 San Cristóbal de La Laguna	Spain	96 km	NorthWest
3 Teide National Park	Spain	119 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Pino Santo	ES	0.1 km	SouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Tamaraceite

Type of weather in Tamaraceite	broken clouds
Current temperature:	18 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.17 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1020 mb
Humidity:	63 %
Daylength at 21 May 2024:	13 hour and 39 minutes
Sunrise :	08:09 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:48 Europe/Amsterdam