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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -15.5066,Lat: 28.1349
Elevation	144 meter above sea level
Local time	16:52:46pm
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 Cardones	0.5 km	SouthWest
2 El Perdigón	1.1 km	South
3 Lomo Espino	1.5 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Llano Blanco	1.6 km	NorthWest
5 Camino de la Cruz Alto	1.7 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1279 km	EastNorthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	1285 km	NorthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	1707 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

La Montaña lies at the Atlantic Ocean (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 26.4 km in SouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Moriscos with a height of 1771 meter (at a distance of 16.2 km and direction WestSouthWest).The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Gran Canaria (Fissure vent) at a distance of 16 km (direction SouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1227.8 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1719 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 45%, hill: 54%, low mountains: 1%, 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 26 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)

Nature

15.8 km2

33.3%

Agriculture

26.1 km2

55%

Urban area

5.6 km2

11.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of La Montaña in country Spain

La Montaña 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	18 km	WestSouthWest
2 San Cristóbal de La Laguna	Spain	91 km	NorthWest
3 Teide National Park	Spain	115 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Bahía del Confital	ES	3.2 km	EastSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Arucas

Type of weather in Arucas	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	24 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.85 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	62 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	13 hour and 20 minutes
Sunrise :	08:18 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:38 Europe/Amsterdam