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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -15.5332,Lat: 28.0877
Elevation	419 meter above sea level
Local time	0:26:19am
At island	Gran-canaria
Name province/region	Canarias
Name Subregion	Las Palmas
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Arucas

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Los Peñones	0.5 km	NorthWest
2 El Escobonal	0.5 km	South
3 Los Castillos	0.8 km	North
4 Huertas del Palmar	0.8 km	SouthWest
5 Siete Puertas	1 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1285 km	EastNorthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	1291 km	NorthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	1713 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 6 km (direction NorthNorthEast). 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 20.8 km in SouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Moriscos with a height of 1771 meter (at a distance of 10.8 km and direction WestSouthWest).The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Gran Canaria (Fissure vent) at a distance of 10.4 km (direction SouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1233.4 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1727 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 5%, hill: 51%, low mountains: 38%, moderate high mountains: 6%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. 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 23 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna Airport (at a distance of 94 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.5 km2

1.9%

Nature

23.2 km2

29.5%

Agriculture

49.3 km2

62.7%

Urban area

4.6 km2

5.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of El Picacho in country Spain

El Picacho 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	13 km	West
2 San Cristóbal de La Laguna	Spain	91 km	NorthWest
3 Teide National Park	Spain	114 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Azuaje	ES	1.8 km	SouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Teror

Type of weather in Teror	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.34 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1021 mb
Humidity:	78 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	13 hour and 17 minutes
Sunrise :	08:20 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:37 Europe/Amsterdam