Pico da Urze

General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -27.2355,Lat: 38.6633
Elevation	34 meter above sea level
Local time	8:22:07am
At island	Terceira
Name province/region	Região Autónoma Dos Açores
Name Subregion	Ilha Terceira
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Angra do Heroísmo
Name	Angra (São Pedro)

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 São Carlos	0.9 km	WestNorthWest
2 Terra Chã	2 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Posto Santo	2.1 km	NorthEast
4 Vinha Brava	2.2 km	East
5 Angra do Heroísmo	2.7 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	1568 km	EastSouthEast
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1963 km	EastSouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	2016 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Pico da Urze lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction SouthSouthWest).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Serra de Santa Bárbara (Stratovolcano) at a distance of 10.8 km (direction NorthNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1580.5 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 2213 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 2%, low location: 52%, hill: 41%, low mountains: 5%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately 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 174 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Lajes Airport (at a distance of 16 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Pico da Urze in country Portugal

Pico da Urze 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	1.7 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture	Portugal	113 km	WestNorthWest
3 Laurisilva of Madeira	Portugal	1164 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Serra Santa Bárbara e Pico Alto - Ilha da Terceira	PT	5.9 km	NorthNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Pico da Urze
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Espigão

Type of weather in Espigão	light rain
Current temperature:	18 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.53 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1010 mb
Humidity:	100 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	14 hour and 0 minutes
Sunrise :	08:45 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:45 Europe/Amsterdam