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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -16.8299,Lat: 32.6847
Elevation	662 meter above sea level
Local time	0:19:00am
At island	Madeira
Name province/region	Região Autónoma Da Madeira
Name Subregion	Ilha da Madeira
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Santa Cruz
Name	Gaula

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Pico Sul	0.4 km	West
2 Fonte dos Almocreves	0.7 km	NorthEast
3 Achada de Cima	0.7 km	South
4 Ribeiro Louro	1.1 km	East
5 Igreja	1.2 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	947 km	EastNorthEast
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1114 km	East
3 Madrid	Spain	1434 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 3 km (direction SouthEast).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 980.3 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1372 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 14%, hill: 28%, low mountains: 36%, moderate high mountains: 22%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Tenerife Sur Airport (at a distance of 511 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Madeira International Airport Cristiano Ronaldo (at a distance of 5.4 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

29.7 km2

43.3%

Nature

4.3 km2

6.2%

Agriculture

13.6 km2

19.8%

Urban area

19.2 km2

28%

Infrastructure

0.4 km2

0.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Pico Norte in country Portugal

Pico Norte at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Laurisilva of Madeira	Portugal	19 km	NorthWest
2 San Cristóbal de La Laguna	Spain	467 km	South
3 Teide National Park	Spain	486 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Porto Novo	PT	2.1 km	South

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gaula

Type of weather in Gaula	few clouds
Current temperature:	17 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.54 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	89 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	13 hour and 37 minutes
Sunrise :	08:15 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:52 Europe/Amsterdam