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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.8891,Lat: 42.4944
Elevation	meter above sea level
Local time	9:03:23am
Name province/region	Galicia
Name Subregion	Pontevedra
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Grove, O

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 O Porto de Meloxo	0.5 km	SouthEast
2 Boibas	0.7 km	EastSouthEast
3 Meloxo	1.2 km	SouthEast
4 O Con	1.5 km	EastSouthEast
5 Campos	1.5 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	418 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	496 km	SouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	772 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Virxe Das Mareas lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction North). 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 36.8 km in SouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 54.2 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 76 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 25%, low location: 75%, 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 nature.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (at a distance of 59 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vigo Airport (at a distance of 37 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2 km2

8.1%

Nature

7.9 km2

31.4%

Wet nature

4.2 km2

16.9%

Agriculture

4.9 km2

19.6%

Urban area

3.1 km2

12.2%

Rock-Sand

2.5 km2

9.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Virxe Das Mareas in country Spain

Virxe Das Mareas at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Santiago de Compostela (Old Town)	Spain	51 km	NorthEast
2 Tower of Hercules	Spain	106 km	NorthEast
3 Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga	Portugal	113 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Espacio marino de las Rías Baixas de Galicia	ES	0.1 km	NorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

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Current weather at Grove, O

Type of weather in Grove, O	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.2 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1011 mb
Humidity:	98 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	14 hour and 15 minutes
Sunrise :	07:24 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:39 Europe/Amsterdam