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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -0.023,Lat: 38.6308
Elevation	200 meter above sea level
Local time	16:31:54pm
Name province/region	Comunitat Valenciana
Name Subregion	Alicante
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Altea

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Sierra Altea	0.8 km	North
2 Galeras Bajas	0.8 km	East
3 L'Olla	1.4 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Campomanes	1.5 km	East
5 Altea La Vella	1.8 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	375 km	NorthWest
2 Andorra	Andorra	447 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	543 km	WestSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Galeras Altas lies at the Mediterranean Sea (direction SouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Jucar coastal: 1, part of the larger catchment area Jucar. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Guadalest (1.5 km² at a height of around 382 meter above sea level) at a distance of 15.9 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Spanish-Andorran border with a straight distance of 438.1 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 613 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 2%, low location: 53%, hill: 30%, low mountains: 14%, moderate high mountains: 2%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport (at a distance of 60 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Valencia Airport (at a distance of 103 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

3.5 km2

6.5%

Nature

17.8 km2

32.9%

Agriculture

16.3 km2

29.9%

Urban area

10.8 km2

20%

Rock-Sand

5.4 km2

10%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Galeras Altas in country Spain

Galeras Altas at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Palmeral of Elche	Spain	73 km	WestSouthWest
2 La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia	Spain	99 km	North
3 Ibiza, Biodiversity and Culture	Spain	131 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Illots de Benidorm i Serra Gelada	ES	1.1 km	SouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Altea

Type of weather in Altea	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.59 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	89 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	13 hour and 45 minutes
Sunrise :	07:04 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:49 Europe/Amsterdam