Espalhafatos

General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -28.6405,Lat: 38.6073
Elevation	131 meter above sea level
Local time	3:42:56am
At island	Faial
Name province/region	Região Autónoma Dos Açores
Name Subregion	Ilha do Faial
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Horta
Name	Ribeirinha

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Ribeirinha	2.5 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Salão	2.7 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Pedro Miguel	2.8 km	WestSouthWest
4 Chã da Cruz	3.6 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Chão Frio	4.9 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	1689 km	EastSouthEast
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	2085 km	EastSouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	2135 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Espalhafatos lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction NorthEast).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Cabeço Gordo (Stratovolcano) at a distance of 7.7 km (direction WestNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1696.4 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 2375 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 29%, hill: 58%, low mountains: 13%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. 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 280 km and direction SouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Horta Airport (at a distance of 11 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Espalhafatos in country Portugal

Espalhafatos at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture	Portugal	14 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Central Zone of the Town of Angra do Heroismo in the Azores	Portugal	123 km	EastSouthEast
3 Laurisilva of Madeira	Portugal	1269 km	SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Caldeira e Capelinhos - Ilha do Faial	PT	4.8 km	West

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Horta Municipality

Type of weather in Horta Municipality	broken clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.92 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1024 mb
Humidity:	68 %
Daylength at 27 April 2024:	13 hour and 41 minutes
Sunrise :	09:01 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:42 Europe/Amsterdam