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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -4.0128,Lat: 43.399
Elevation	7 meter above sea level
Local time	2:45:21am
Name province/region	Cantabria
Name Subregion	Cantabria
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Polanco

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Requejada	1.7 km	WestSouthWest
2 Rumoroso	1.7 km	SouthEast
3 Cudón	1.9 km	North
4 Bárcena de Cudón	1.9 km	NorthEast
5 Soña	2 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	331 km	South
2 Andorra	Andorra	464 km	EastSouthEast
3 St Helier	Jersey	661 km	NorthNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is very close with only a distance of around 4 km (direction North).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 de Alsa (1.1 km² at a height of around 842 meter above sea level) at a distance of 33.7 km in Southern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 180.7 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 253 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 13%, low location: 86%, hill: 0%, The hills are mainly northwestern 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 307 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Seve Ballesteros-Santander Airport (at a distance of 16 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

11.9 km2

15.3%

Nature

4.9 km2

6.3%

Wet nature

2 km2

2.6%

Agriculture

46.5 km2

59.7%

Urban area

9.8 km2

12.6%

Rock-Sand

0.4 km2

0.4%

Water - Lakes

1.3 km2

1.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Mar in country Spain

Mar at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain	Spain	8.6 km	West
2 Vizcaya Bridge	Spain	81 km	EastSouthEast
3 Burgos Cathedral	Spain	120 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Río Pas	ES	3.7 km	SouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Mar

Type of weather in Mar	clear sky
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.54 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	98 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	14 hour and 19 minutes
Sunrise :	07:03 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:22 Europe/Amsterdam