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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -9.1138,Lat: 42.8055
Elevation	30 meter above sea level
Local time	19:24:02pm
Name province/region	Galicia
Name Subregion	Coruña, A
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Carnota

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 O Carballal	0.4 km	SouthWest
2 Mallou	1.3 km	East
3 Lira	1.3 km	WestSouthWest
4 Miñarzo	1.7 km	West
5 Carnota	2.7 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	453 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	528 km	SouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	812 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Sofán lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Galician Coast. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Castrelo (0.5 km² at a height of around 228 meter above sea level) at a distance of 17.1 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 93.6 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 131 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 13%, low location: 59%, hill: 28%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (at a distance of 58 km and direction East).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vigo Airport (at a distance of 76 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

16.2 km2

35.6%

Nature

13.9 km2

30.5%

Wet nature

1.1 km2

2.5%

Agriculture

11.9 km2

26.2%

Urban area

0.3 km2

0.7%

Rock-Sand

1.7 km2

3.7%

Water - Lakes

0.4 km2

0.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Sofán in country Spain

Sofán at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Santiago de Compostela (Old Town)	Spain	47 km	East
2 Tower of Hercules	Spain	86 km	NorthEast
3 Roman Walls of Lugo	Spain	129 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Carnota - Monte Pindo	ES	0.1 km	North

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Carnota

Type of weather in Carnota	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.06 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	72 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	14 hour and 1 minutes
Sunrise :	07:32 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:34 Europe/Amsterdam