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Sailing to Flores: SailingEurope Group
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island Flores
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Youtube Flores Video - Movie
For a detailed description of this island, see our info-island-page:Flores
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Physical characteristics - Location| Coordinates: | long: -31.20311 lat : 39.44277 | | Coordinates (gr,min,sec): | long: -31°1'13.1196 lat : 39°26'3.3954 | | Surface area: | 141 km2 (0.371 x Isle of Wight) | | Length coastline: | 67.4 km | | Average height: | 410 metre | | Length island: | 16.7 km | | Maximum width island (estimate): | 12.3 km | | Name : | Pico do Burrinho (915 metre) | | Orientation island: | North - South |
Demographic data island| Habited: | Yes | | Number of inhabitants: | 3791 | | Population density: | 25.8 inh/km2 | | Important places (direction): | Caveira (O), Lajes das Flores (ZZO), Lajedo (ZW) |
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Naming - Location| Local native name: | Flores | | Archipelago (island group): | Azores | Neighboring islands
(Island hopping): | 1) Corvo 28.6 km NorthEast
2) Faial 240.4 km SouthEast
3) Graciosa 279.5 km SouthEast
4) Pico 280.1 km SouthEast
5) São Jorge 291.9 km SouthEast
| | Country: | Portugal | | Location in Country: | West-northwest | | Name Região Autónoma: | Autonomous Region Azores | | Name Concelho: | municipalites : 1) Santa Cruz das Flores 2) Lajes das Flores | | Main place: | Santa Cruz das Flores | | Location Main place: | East | | Sea: | Atlantic Ocean | | Distance to main land: | 1839 km | | Nearest Country: | Spain | | Type Rock outcrop: | vulcanic | | island-Type: | island in sea |
Relief: Height Classes in percentages
Relief: Slope Classes in percentages
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Weather at Flores
| The weather type in Santa Cruz das Flores | few clouds |  | | Current temperature: | 18 degrees Celcius
| | Precipitation last 3 hours: | No precipitation | | Wind: | 6.7 meter per second (Wind force - bft 4)
| | Winddirection: | South-southeast | | Atmospheric pressure: | 1030 mb
| | Humidity: | 72 %
| | Daylength at 18 March 2019: | 12 hour and 2 minutes | | Sunrise: | 09:12 Europe/Amsterdam | | Sunset: | 21:13 Europe/Amsterdam |
Weather-page: Flores
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): | 3986 km | | Ferry connection - Car - Car - with mainland: | No | | Boat Connection - pedestrian - with mainland: | No | | Bicycle facilities: | No |
island-Sights, island-Tourism - island-attractions
island accommodation: Hotel ,Holiday Home, Camping  Hotel |
Hotel at Flores booking.com
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 Hotel | Not known
| | Holiday Home | | | Bed & Breakfast | | | accommodation-page | Flores
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Social media - Multimedia
 Videos youtube Flores
 Photos (Flickr) of the place Flores
Bings maps Flores
Mapquest Flores
Loc.Alize.us Flores
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