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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -15.3775,Lat: 27.9852
Elevation	84 meter above sea level
Local time	17:34:33pm
At island	Gran-canaria
Name province/region	Canarias
Name Subregion	Las Palmas
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Telde

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Playa de Salinetas	0.4 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Taliarte	0.7 km	EastNorthEast
3 Clavellinas	0.8 km	North
4 Playa del Hombre	1.2 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Casas Nuevas	1.6 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1282 km	EastNorthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	1295 km	NorthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	1713 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Melenara lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction SouthWest). 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 26.1 km in Western direction).

The nearest mountain is Moriscos with a height of 1771 meter (at a distance of 24.2 km and direction WestNorthWest).The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Gran Canaria (Fissure vent) at a distance of 20.4 km (direction WestNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1233.9 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1727 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 3%, low location: 94%, hill: 3%, The hills are mainly eastern 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 5.8 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna Airport (at a distance of 113 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

10.6 km2

27.7%

Agriculture

14.6 km2

38.1%

Urban area

10.2 km2

26.5%

Infrastructure

0.9 km2

2.2%

Rock-Sand

0.9 km2

2.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Melenara in country Spain

Melenara 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	30 km	WestNorthWest
2 San Cristóbal de La Laguna	Spain	111 km	NorthWest
3 Teide National Park	Spain	132 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Tufia	ES	2.2 km	SouthSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Melenara

Type of weather in Melenara	few clouds
Current temperature:	23 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	10.29 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	64 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	13 hour and 20 minutes
Sunrise :	08:18 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:38 Europe/Amsterdam