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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.3136,Lat: 41.4873
Elevation	164 meter above sea level
Local time	2:06:25am
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Braga
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Guimarães
Name	Prazins (Santa Eufémia)

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Campo Novo	1.4 km	WestSouthWest
2 Casinhas	1.7 km	East
3 Real	2.2 km	North
4 São Martinho	2.2 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Ribeira	2.2 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	313 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	410 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	650 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 39 km (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Cavado, Ave and Leca. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira do Ermal (1.7 km² at a height of around 335 meter above sea level) at a distance of 18 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 38.6 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 54 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 62%, hill: 38%, low mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Entre Douro e Minho

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (at a distance of 40 km and direction WestSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

11.8 km2

15%

Nature

12.9 km2

16.5%

Agriculture

38.9 km2

49.6%

Viticulture

0.4 km2

0.5%

Urban area

13.2 km2

16.8%

Infrastructure

0.2 km2

0.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Monte das Cruzes in country Portugal

Monte das Cruzes at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	5.2 km	South
2 Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga	Portugal	9.3 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar	Portugal	46 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Peneda / Gerês	PT	19 km	NorthNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Ponte

Type of weather in Ponte	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.45 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	92 %
Daylength at 1 May 2024:	14 hour and 1 minutes
Sunrise :	07:29 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:30 Europe/Amsterdam