Sailing to Madeira: SailingEurope Group
island Madeira
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Physical characteristics - Location Coordinates: long: -16.99902 lat : 32.74651 Coordinates (gr,min,sec): long: -16°59'56.4792 lat : 32°4'28.7436 Surface area: 741 km2 (1.951 x Isle of Wight) Length coastline: 176 km Average height: 720 metre Length island: 57 km Maximum width island (estimate): 22 km Name : Pico Ruivo (1862 metre) Orientation island: West-northwest - East
Demographic data island Habited: Yes Number of inhabitants: 267785 Population density: 335 inh/km2 Important places (direction): Machico (O), Calheta (ZW), Sao Vincente (N)
Naming - Location Local native name: Ilha da Madeira Archipelago (island group): Madeira archipelago Neighboring islands (Island hopping): 1) Ilhas Desertas 45.4 km SouthEast 2) Ilhas Desertas 51.6 km SouthEast 3) Ilhas Desertas 59.2 km SouthEast Country: Portugal Location in Country: West-southwest Name Região Autónoma: Autonomous Region Madeira Name Concelho: municipalities : 1) Calheta 2) Câmara de Lobos 3) Funchal 4) Machico 5) Ponta do Sol 6) Porto Moniz 7) Porto Santo 8) Ribeira Brava 9) Santa Cruz 10) Santana 11) São Vicente Main place: Funchal Location Main place: South-southwest Sea: Atlantic Ocean Distance to main land: 657 km Nearest Country: Marocco island-Type: island in sea Remarks: relief rich hiking island
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Weather at Madeira
The weather type in Curral das Freiras clear sky Current temperature: 12 degrees Celcius
Precipitation last 3 hours: No precipitation Wind: 2.24 meter per second (Wind force - bft 2)
Winddirection: North-northwest Atmospheric pressure: 1023 mb
Humidity: 79 %
Daylength at 24 January 2021: 10 hour and 25 minutes Sunrise: 09:07 Europe/Amsterdam Sunset: 19:32 Europe/Amsterdam
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Transport on your island-holiday Directly accessible from Western Europe (The Netherlands) by plane: Yes International airport present : Yes Accessible by car: No Distance from Western Europe (The Netherlands) (rough estimate): 3591 km Ferry connection - Car - Car - with mainland: No Boat Connection - pedestrian - with mainland: No Bicycle facilities: No
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Landuse Madeira
Forest
309.6 km2
Nature
198.1 km2
Agriculture
112.8 km2
Wet nature
0 km2
Water
0.7 km2
Urban area
113.4 km2
Infrastructure
1.9 km2
Viticulture
3.8 km2
Rock outcrop
0.6 km2