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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.5134,Lat: 43.4363
Elevation	19 meter above sea level
Local time	10:01:13am
Name province/region	Cantabria
Name Subregion	Cantabria
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Escalante

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Gama	1.5 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tuebre	2 km	South
3 Ancillo	2.1 km	NorthEast
4 Cerecedas	2.5 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Lamadrid	2.6 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	334 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Andorra	Andorra	425 km	EastSouthEast
3 St Helier	Jersey	649 km	NorthNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is very close with only a distance of around 2 km (direction SouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Mino coastal: Narcea, part of the larger catchment area Minho and Lima. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse del Ebro (59.2 km² at a height of around 837 meter above sea level) at a distance of 53.9 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 140.5 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 197 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 20%, low location: 78%, hill: 2%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (at a distance of 271 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Seve Ballesteros-Santander Airport (at a distance of 25 km in Western direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

16.9 km2

23.2%

Nature

6.1 km2

8.3%

Wet nature

10.7 km2

14.7%

Agriculture

33.2 km2

45.4%

Urban area

4.3 km2

5.9%

Rock-Sand

1.2 km2

1.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Escalante in country Spain

Escalante at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vizcaya Bridge	Spain	42 km	EastSouthEast
2 Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain	Spain	49 km	West
3 Archaeological Site of Atapuerca	Spain	118 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Marismas de Santoña, Victoria y Joyel	ES	0.1 km	East

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Escalante

Type of weather in Escalante	few clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.04 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1024 mb
Humidity:	84 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	14 hour and 24 minutes
Sunrise :	06:58 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:22 Europe/Amsterdam