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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -15.4115,Lat: 27.9881
Elevation	122 meter above sea level
Local time	6:10:39am
At island	Gran-canaria
Name province/region	Canarias
Name Subregion	Las Palmas
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Telde

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Lomo del Cementerio	0.9 km	West
2 San Gregorio	1.1 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Ejido	1.2 km	WestNorthWest
4 La Viña	1.3 km	East
5 Telde	1.3 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1284 km	EastNorthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	1296 km	NorthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	1715 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 3 km (direction SouthEast). 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 23 km in Western direction).

The nearest mountain is Moriscos with a height of 1771 meter (at a distance of 20.8 km and direction WestNorthWest).The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Gran Canaria (Fissure vent) at a distance of 17 km (direction WestNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1235.5 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1730 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 1%, low location: 64%, hill: 33%, low mountains: 2%, The hills are mainly eastern 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 6.8 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna Airport (at a distance of 110 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

24.4 km2

35.1%

Agriculture

27.9 km2

40.2%

Urban area

14.3 km2

20.5%

Rock-Sand

1.6 km2

2.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of El Caracol in country Spain

El Caracol 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	26 km	WestNorthWest
2 San Cristóbal de La Laguna	Spain	107 km	NorthWest
3 Teide National Park	Spain	129 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Tufia	ES	3.8 km	SouthSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Telde

Type of weather in Telde	few clouds
Current temperature:	18 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.72 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	72 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	13 hour and 21 minutes
Sunrise :	08:17 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:38 Europe/Amsterdam