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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -15.8044,Lat: 27.9949
Elevation	442 meter above sea level
Local time	23:38:03pm
At island	Gran-canaria
Name province/region	Canarias
Name Subregion	Las Palmas
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	San Nicolás de Tolentino

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Albercón	0.3 km	SouthEast
2 Tarahalillo	0.9 km	South
3 Mederos	1.2 km	SouthEast
4 Los Espinos	1.2 km	SouthEast
5 Las Tabladas	1.4 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1310 km	EastNorthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	1311 km	NorthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	1736 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 2 km (direction WestNorthWest). The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de la Cueva de las Niñas (0.6 km² at a height of around 892 meter above sea level) at a distance of 15.1 km in SouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Moriscos with a height of 1771 meter (at a distance of 19 km and direction East).The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Gran Canaria (Fissure vent) at a distance of 22.4 km (direction EastSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1256.4 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1759 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 39%, hill: 43%, low mountains: 15%, moderate high mountains: 2%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Gran Canaria Airport (at a distance of 43 km and direction EastSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna Airport (at a distance of 78 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

37.4 km2

75.8%

Agriculture

11.1 km2

22.5%

Urban area

0.9 km2

1.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of El Cruce in country Spain

El Cruce 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	15 km	East
2 San Cristóbal de La Laguna	Spain	75 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Teide National Park	Spain	91 km	NorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Güigüí	ES	0.6 km	WestSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at San Nicolás

Type of weather in San Nicolás	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	21 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.69 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	68 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	13 hour and 21 minutes
Sunrise :	08:19 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:40 Europe/Amsterdam