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Matas (Região Autónoma Da Madeira)

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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -16.3407,Lat: 33.0617
Elevation	174 meter above sea level
Local time	18:56:47pm
At island	Ilha de Porto Santo
Name province/region (Região Autónoma)	Região Autónoma Da Madeira
Wiki-website Ilha (Ilha)	Ilha de Porto Santo
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Porto Santo
Name Freguesia	Porto Santo
Other place with same name 1	Matas Continente - Coimbra
Other place with same name 2	Matas Continente - Leiria

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Salões	0.6 km	EastNorthEast
2 Tanque	1 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Dragoal	1.2 km	NorthEast
4 Pé do Pico	1.3 km	EastNorthEast
5 Vila Baleira	1.4 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	887 km	EastNorthEast
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1058 km	East
3 Madrid	Spain	1373 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Matas lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction SouthSouthEast).The place is located at an island named Ilha de Porto Santo. The distance to the mainland is 648.9 km.

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 920.8 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1289 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 3%, low location: 84%, hill: 13%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport César Manrique-Lanzarote Airport (at a distance of 536 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Porto Santo Airport (at a distance of 1.6 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.1 km2

5.2%

Nature

22.2 km2

55.5%

Agriculture

5.1 km2

12.8%

Urban area

4.7 km2

11.8%

Infrastructure

1.6 km2

4.1%

Rock-Sand

3.3 km2

8.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Matas in country Portugal

Matas at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Laurisilva of Madeira	Portugal	69 km	West
2 San Cristóbal de La Laguna	Spain	503 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Teide National Park	Spain	525 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Cetáceos da Madeira	PT	2.7 km	SouthSouthEast

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