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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -15.483,Lat: 28.098
Elevation	212 meter above sea level
Local time	14:28:14pm
At island	Gran-canaria
Name province/region	Canarias
Name Subregion	Las Palmas
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 La Suerte	0.3 km	South
2 La Galera	0.3 km	NorthEast
3 Isla Perdida	0.8 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Tamaraceite	0.8 km	East
5 Piletas	1 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1280 km	EastNorthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	1288 km	NorthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	1709 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 3 km (direction NorthEast). The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Chira (0.7 km² at a height of around 903 meter above sea level) at a distance of 24.2 km in SouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Moriscos with a height of 1771 meter (at a distance of 15.3 km and direction WestSouthWest).The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Gran Canaria (Fissure vent) at a distance of 14 km (direction WestSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1229.7 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1722 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 32%, hill: 62%, low mountains: 6%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Gran Canaria Airport (at a distance of 21 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna Airport (at a distance of 98 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

26.7 km2

36.2%

Agriculture

29.9 km2

40.4%

Urban area

16.3 km2

22.1%

Infrastructure

0.4 km2

0.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Cruz del Ovejero in country Spain

Cruz del Ovejero at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Risco Caido and the Sacred Mountains of Gran Canaria Cultural Landscape	Spain	18 km	West
2 San Cristóbal de La Laguna	Spain	95 km	NorthWest
3 Teide National Park	Spain	119 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Pino Santo	ES	0.8 km	SouthSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Tamaraceite

Type of weather in Tamaraceite	clear sky
Current temperature:	22 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.36 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1020 mb
Humidity:	61 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	13 hour and 19 minutes
Sunrise :	08:19 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:38 Europe/Amsterdam