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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.8896,Lat: 38.5805
Elevation	119 meter above sea level
Local time	16:30:50pm
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Setúbal
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Palmela
Name	Palmela

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Serralheiras	0.5 km	East
2 Cabeço Velhinho	0.8 km	SouthEast
3 Samouco	0.8 km	WestNorthWest
4 Aires	1.3 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Palmela Gare	1.5 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	27 km	NorthWest
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	419 km	SouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	490 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 7 km (direction South).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Sado and Mira. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira de Venda Velha (1.6 km² at a height of around 14 meter above sea level) at a distance of 11.9 km in NorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 137.3 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 192 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 99%, hill: 1%, The hills are mainly eastern 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
Área Metro. de Lisboa - Sul

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Humberto Delgado Airport (Lisbon Portela Airport) (at a distance of 31 km and direction NorthNorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

5.4 km2

6.9%

Nature

6 km2

7.6%

Agriculture

36.2 km2

46.1%

Viticulture

16.7 km2

21.3%

Urban area

13.9 km2

17.7%

Infrastructure

0.4 km2

0.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Volta da Pedra in country Portugal

Volta da Pedra at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belém in Lisbon	Portugal	31 km	NorthWest
2 Cultural Landscape of Sintra	Portugal	52 km	NorthWest
3 Royal Building of Mafra – Palace, Basilica, Convent, Cerco Garden and Hunting Park (Tapada)	Portugal	56 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Arrábida / Espichel	PT	1.7 km	WestSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Palmela Municipality

Type of weather in Palmela Municipality	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.16 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	49 %
Daylength at 27 April 2024:	13 hour and 41 minutes
Sunrise :	07:42 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:23 Europe/Amsterdam