Norte Grande

General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -28.0581,Lat: 38.6701
Elevation	274 meter above sea level
Local time	7:08:50am
At island	Sao-jorge
Name province/region (Região Autónoma)	Região Autónoma Dos Açores
Wiki-website Subregion (Ilha)	Ilha de São Jorge
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Velas
Name	Norte Grande (Neves)

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Santo António	3.8 km	NorthWest
2 Manadas	4.7 km	WestSouthWest
3 Terreiros	5.6 km	West
4 Norte Pequeno	5.8 km	SouthEast
5 Urzelina (S Mateus)	6.4 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	1639 km	EastSouthEast
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	2035 km	EastSouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	2085 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Norte Grande lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction NorthNorthEast).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Pico da Esperança (Fissure vent) at a distance of 2.8 km (direction WestSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1647.1 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 2306 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 7%, hill: 32%, low mountains: 46%, moderate high mountains: 14%, 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 236 km and direction SouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is São Jorge Airport (at a distance of 10 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Norte Grande in country Portugal

Norte Grande 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	44 km	West
2 Central Zone of the Town of Angra do Heroismo in the Azores	Portugal	73 km	EastSouthEast
3 Laurisilva of Madeira	Portugal	1227 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Costa NE e Ponta do Topo - Ilha de S. Jorge	PT	0.3 km	SouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Velas Municipality

Type of weather in Velas Municipality	clear sky
Current temperature:	20 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.19 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1027 mb
Humidity:	76 %
Daylength at 18 July 2025:	14 hour and 33 minutes
Sunrise :	08:41 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	23:14 Europe/Amsterdam