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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.3966,Lat: 37.0959
Elevation	2236 meter above sea level
Local time	18:56:42pm
Name province/region	Andalucía
Name Subregion	Granada
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Monachil

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Santa Cruz	6.1 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Cortijo de los Mimbres	7.2 km	NorthWest
3 Güejar Sierra	8.1 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Cortijada Padules	12.1 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Pinos Genil	12.3 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	203 km	WestSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	369 km	North
3 Lisboa	Portugal	542 km	WestNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Alboran Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 40 km (direction South).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Guadalquivir main - Medium - Genil, part of the larger catchment area Andalusia Atlantic Basins. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Canales (0.6 km² at a height of around 965 meter above sea level) at a distance of 8.5 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Pico Veleta with a height of 3398 meter (at a distance of 5.2 km and direction SouthSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the Gibraltarian-Spanish border with a straight distance of 201.6 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 282 km.
Elevation around place: moderate high mountains: 5%, high mountains: 95%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Sierra Nevada

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Málaga-Costa del Sol Airport (at a distance of 108 km and direction WestSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

13 km2

16.5%

Nature

63.2 km2

80.5%

Urban area

0.5 km2

0.6%

Rock-Sand

1.9 km2

2.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Sierra Nevada in country Spain

Sierra Nevada at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada	Spain	20 km	NorthWest
2 Renaissance Monumental Ensembles of Úbeda and Baeza	Spain	101 km	North
3 Antequera Dolmens Site	Spain	103 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Sierra Nevada	ES	0 km	East

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Sierra Nevada
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Sierra Nevada

Type of weather in Sierra Nevada	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.13 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	70 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	13 hour and 40 minutes
Sunrise :	07:20 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:00 Europe/Amsterdam