Calhetas

General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -25.6083,Lat: 37.8217
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	14:20:24pm
At island	Sao-miguel
Name province/region	Região Autónoma Dos Açores
Name Subregion	Ilha de São Miguel
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Ribeira Grande
Name	Calhetas

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Farropo	2 km	West
2 Pico da Pedra	2 km	SouthWest
3 Fenais da Luz	2.8 km	NorthWest
4 Aflitos	3.2 km	West
5 São Vicente	5 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	1437 km	EastSouthEast
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1818 km	EastSouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	1901 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Calhetas lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction NorthNorthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Lagoa do Fogo (1.4 km² at a height of around 572 meter above sea level) at a distance of 12.5 km in SouthEastern direction).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Picos Volcanic Fissural System (Pyroclastic cone) at a distance of 6.9 km (direction WestSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1479.2 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 2071 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 1%, low location: 82%, hill: 17%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is .
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport João Paulo II Airport (at a distance of 12 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Santa Maria Airport (at a distance of 105 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Calhetas in country Portugal

Calhetas at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Central Zone of the Town of Angra do Heroismo in the Azores	Portugal	173 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture	Portugal	272 km	NorthWest
3 Laurisilva of Madeira	Portugal	990 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Lagoa do Fogo - Ilha de S. Miguel	PT	12 km	SouthSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Rabo de Peixe

Type of weather in Rabo de Peixe	few clouds
Current temperature:	18 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.14 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1029 mb
Humidity:	99 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	13 hour and 42 minutes
Sunrise :	08:48 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:30 Europe/Amsterdam