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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -13.9951,Lat: 28.6858
Elevation	195 meter above sea level
Local time	0:05:38am
At island	Fuerteventura
Name province/region	Canarias
Name Subregion	Las Palmas
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Oliva, La

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 El Cotillo	1.5 km	WestNorthWest
2 Los Lagos	1.9 km	NorthWest
3 Lajares	5.8 km	EastSouthEast
4 La Oliva	10.8 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Tindaya	10.9 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1136 km	EastNorthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	1177 km	NorthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	1577 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 2 km (direction WestSouthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Laguna de Janubio (0.6 km² at a distance of 30.7 km in NorthEastern direction).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Fuerteventura (Fissure vent) at a distance of 35.7 km (direction SouthSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1099.5 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1539 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 6%, low location: 91%, hill: 3%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Fuerteventura Airport (at a distance of 29 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Hassan I Airport (at a distance of 189 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

46.8 km2

85.7%

Agriculture

3.5 km2

6.4%

Urban area

1.2 km2

2.1%

Rock-Sand

3.2 km2

5.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of El Roque in country Spain

El Roque 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	176 km	West
2 San Cristóbal de La Laguna	Spain	230 km	WestNorthWest
3 Teide National Park	Spain	265 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Lajares, Esquinzo y costa del Jarubio	ES	0.5 km	SouthSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Roque

Type of weather in Roque	clear sky
Current temperature:	19 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.18 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1020 mb
Humidity:	75 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	13 hour and 21 minutes
Sunrise :	08:12 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:33 Europe/Amsterdam