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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -15.4819,Lat: 28.1007
Elevation	205 meter above sea level
Local time	12:56:22pm
At island	Gran-canaria
Name province/region	Canarias
Name Subregion	Las Palmas
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Cruz del Ovejero	0.3 km	SouthWest
2 La Suerte	0.6 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Tamaraceite	0.7 km	EastSouthEast
4 Isla Perdida	1 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Risco Negro	1.2 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1280 km	EastNorthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	1288 km	NorthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	1709 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 3 km (direction NorthEast). 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 24.5 km in SouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Moriscos with a height of 1771 meter (at a distance of 15.5 km and direction WestSouthWest).The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Gran Canaria (Fissure vent) at a distance of 14.3 km (direction WestSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1229.4 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1721 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 35%, hill: 61%, low mountains: 4%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). 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 21 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna Airport (at a distance of 98 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

25.4 km2

35.2%

Agriculture

29 km2

40.1%

Urban area

17 km2

23.5%

Infrastructure

0.4 km2

0.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of La Galera in country Spain

La Galera 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	19 km	West
2 San Cristóbal de La Laguna	Spain	95 km	NorthWest
3 Teide National Park	Spain	119 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Pino Santo	ES	1.1 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB La Galera
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Tamaraceite

Type of weather in Tamaraceite	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	23 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.77 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	51 %
Daylength at 8 May 2024:	13 hour and 24 minutes
Sunrise :	08:16 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:40 Europe/Amsterdam