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Sailing to El Hierro: SailingEurope Group
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island El Hierro
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Youtube El Hierro Video - Movie
For a detailed description of this island, see our info-island-page:El Hierro
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Physical characteristics - Location| Coordinates: | long: -18.00675 lat : 27.74633 | | Coordinates (gr,min,sec): | long: -18°0'24.2856 lat : 27°44'46.7916 | | Surface area: | 268.6 km2 (0.707 x Isle of Wight) | | Length coastline: | 105 km | | Average height: | 590 metre | | Length island: | 33 km | | Maximum width island (estimate): | 15 km | | Name : | Vulkaan Pico de Malpaso 501 meter (1501 metre) | | Orientation island: | Southwest - Northeast |
Demographic data island| Habited: | Yes | | Number of inhabitants: | 10960 | | Population density: | 41 inh/km2 | | Important places (direction): | El Pinar (ZZO) |
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Naming - Location| Local native name: | Isla de El Hierro | | Archipelago (island group): | Canary Islands | Neighboring islands
(Island hopping): | 1) La Gomera 87.2 km East
2) La Palma 99.8 km NorthNorthEast
3) Tenerife 157.6 km East
4) Gran Canaria 242.5 km EastSouthEast
| | Country: | Spain | | Location in Country: | West-southwest | | Name Comunidad autónoma: | Autonomous Community Canary Islands | | Name Provincia: | Province Santa Cruz de Tenerife | | Main place: | Valverde | | Location Main place: | North-northeast | | Sea: | Atlantic Ocean | | Distance to main land: | 474 km | | Nearest Country: | Marocco | | Type Rock outcrop: | vulcanic | | island-Type: | island in sea | | Remarks: | Smallest inhabited island of the Canary Islands. Accessible by boat from Tenerife. |
Relief: Height Classes in percentages
Relief: Slope Classes in percentages
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Weather at El Hierro
| The weather type in Frontera | clear sky |  | | Current temperature: | 24 degrees Celcius
| | Precipitation last 3 hours: | No precipitation | | Wind: | 6.17 meter per second (Wind force - bft 4)
| | Winddirection: | North | | Atmospheric pressure: | 1018 mb
| | Humidity: | 53 %
| | Daylength at 13 April 2021: | 12 hour and 46 minutes | | Sunrise: | 08:49 Europe/Amsterdam | | Sunset: | 21:35 Europe/Amsterdam |
Weather-page: El Hierro
Climate: Temperature and Precipitation
Transport on your island-holiday| Directly accessible from Western Europe (The Netherlands) by plane: | No | | International airport present : | No | | Accessible by car: | No | | Distance from Western Europe (The Netherlands) (rough estimate): | 4252 km | | Ferry connection - Car - Car - with mainland: | Yes | | Boat Connection - pedestrian - with mainland: | Yes | | Bicycle facilities: | Yes |
island-Sights, island-Tourism - island-attractions
Booking.com
island accommodation: Hotel ,Holiday Home, Camping  Hotel |
Hotel at El Hierro booking.com
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 Hotel | Not known
| | Holiday Home | | | Bed & Breakfast | | | accommodation-page | El Hierro
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Social media - Multimedia
 Videos youtube El Hierro
 Photos (Flickr) of the place El Hierro
Bings maps El Hierro
Mapquest El Hierro
Loc.Alize.us El Hierro
Landuse El Hierro
| Forest |
19.5 km2 |
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| Nature |
130.1 km2 |
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| Agriculture |
87.6 km2 |
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| Wet nature |
0 km2 |
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| Water |
2.1 km2 |
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| Urban area |
4.5 km2 |
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| Infrastructure |
0.3 km2 |
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| Viticulture |
5.8 km2 |
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| Rock outcrop |
18.7 km2 |
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