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west Banda d'Além portugal north Campo de Baixo portugal Ponta Garça portugal nearest Campo de Baixo portugal Ponte Cavaleiro portugal south Porto Moniz portugal east Lapeira portugal
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Ponta

General information - Location

CountryPortugal
Location in country Southwest
Location in Europe South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)Long: -16.3741,Lat: 33.0327 marker
Elevation174 meter above sea level
Local time22:04:50pm
At islandIlha de Porto Santo
Name province/region (Região Autónoma)Região Autónoma Da Madeira
Wiki-website Ilha (Ilha)Ilha de Porto Santo
Name Sub(sub)region - municipalityPorto Santo
Name FreguesiaPorto Santo
Other place with same name 1 Ponta Região Autónoma Dos Açores - Ilha de São Jorge

Nearest 5 places
Placename Distance Direction
1 Campo de Baixo2 km EastNorthEast
2 Lapeira2.8 km NorthEast
3 Campo de Cima3.6 km NorthEast
4 Matas4.4 km EastNorthEast
5 Tanque4.7 km NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals
Capitalname Country Distance Direction
1 LisboaPortugal891 km EastNorthEast
2 Gibraltar   Gibraltar1062 km East
3 Madrid   Spain1378 km EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Ponta lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction South).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 925.1 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1295 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 5%, low location: 92%, hill: 3%, 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 535 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Porto Santo Airport (at a distance of 4.9 km in NorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

 Nature   11.6 km2 
 55.4% 
 Agriculture   3.8 km2 
 17.9% 
 Urban area   3.1 km2 
 14.8% 
 Infrastructure   0.5 km2 
 2.5% 
 Rock-Sand   1 km2 
 4.8% 

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Ponta in country Portugal


Ponta at Physical map (height map)

Height map of Ponta Portugal Location marker for Ponta

© GTOPO30 DEM courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey


Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites
Name Country Distance Direction
1 Laurisilva of MadeiraPortugal64 km West
2 San Cristóbal de La LagunaSpain500 km SouthSouthWest
3 Teide National ParkSpain522 km SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area
Sitename Country Distance Direction
Ilhéus do Porto SantoPT1.5 km SouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)


Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Vila de Porto Santo

Type of weather in Vila de Porto Santoclear sky weericoon
Current temperature: 22 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours : No precipitation
Wind: 6.57 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction: North North East
Air pressure: 1021 mb
Humidity: 78 %
Daylength at 19 July 2026:14 hour and 3 minutes
Sunrise :08:09 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :22:13 Europe/Amsterdam

Weather coming 24 hours

Vila de Porto Santo - PT (longitude: -16.3741, latitude: 33.0327)
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