Ponta Garça

General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -25.3693,Lat: 37.7286
Elevation	277 meter above sea level
Local time	4:52:29am
At island	Sao-miguel
Name province/region	Região Autónoma Dos Açores
Name Subregion	Ilha de São Miguel
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Vila Franca do Campo
Name	Ponta Garça

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Ribeira das Taínhas	3.6 km	WestNorthWest
2 Ribeira Seca	4.6 km	WestNorthWest
3 Vila Franca do Campo	6.2 km	WestNorthWest
4 Ribeira Quente	6.9 km	EastSouthEast
5 Furnas	7.1 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	1418 km	EastSouthEast
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1797 km	EastSouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	1883 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Ponta Garça lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction South). The nearest bigger lake is Lagoa das Furnas (1.8 km² at a height of around 279 meter above sea level) at a distance of 3.7 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Furnas (Stratovolcano) at a distance of 6.1 km (direction EastNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1463.8 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 2049 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 19%, hill: 55%, low mountains: 26%, 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 29 km and direction WestNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Santa Maria Airport (at a distance of 87 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Ponta Garça in country Portugal

Ponta Garça 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	197 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture	Portugal	296 km	NorthWest
3 Laurisilva of Madeira	Portugal	966 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Pico da Vara / Ribeira do Guilherme - Ilha de S. Miguel	PT	7.4 km	EastNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Senhora da Piedade

Type of weather in Senhora da Piedade	light rain
Current temperature:	17 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.9 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	99 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	13 hour and 52 minutes
Sunrise :	08:42 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:34 Europe/Amsterdam