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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.6142,Lat: 42.4147
Elevation	98 meter above sea level
Local time	8:49:47am
Name province/region	Galicia
Name Subregion	Pontevedra
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Pontevedra

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Pazos	0.4 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Ría de Abaixo	0.8 km	North
3 Albeiro	0.9 km	NorthWest
4 Vilafranca	1 km	WestNorthWest
5 Valadares	1 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	411 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	472 km	SouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	754 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 4 km (direction NorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Galician Coast. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Eiras (1.5 km² at a height of around 241 meter above sea level) at a distance of 12.7 km in SouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 38.2 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 54 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 4%, low location: 65%, hill: 31%, low mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly northwestern 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 Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (at a distance of 56 km and direction NorthNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vigo Airport (at a distance of 20 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

18.7 km2

23.8%

Nature

18.1 km2

23%

Wet nature

1.3 km2

1.6%

Agriculture

30.5 km2

38.8%

Urban area

9.5 km2

12.1%

Water - Lakes

0.6 km2

0.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Marcón in country Spain

Marcón at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Santiago de Compostela (Old Town)	Spain	52 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga	Portugal	98 km	South
3 Roman Walls of Lugo	Spain	108 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Río Lérez	ES	3.7 km	North

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Marcón

Type of weather in Marcón	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.74 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1011 mb
Humidity:	100 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	14 hour and 14 minutes
Sunrise :	07:23 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:38 Europe/Amsterdam