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Island location El Hierro in southern Europe

For a detailed description of this island, see our info-island-page:El Hierro

Physical characteristics - Location

Coordinates:	long: -18.00675 lat : 27.74633
Coordinates (gr,min,sec): WGS84	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 (1501 metre)
Orientation island:	Southwest - Northeast

Demographic data island

Habited:	Yes
Number of inhabitants:	10960
Population density:	40.97 inh/km2
Important places (direction):	El Pinar (ZZO)

Naming - Location

Local native name:	Isla de El Hierro
Archipelago (island group):	Canary Islands
Neighboring islands (Island hopping):	1) La Gomera 61.3 km EastNorthEast 2) La Palma 67.3 km North 3) Tenerife 110.7 km EastNorthEast 4) Gran Canaria 202.1 km East 5) Fuerteventura 333.1 km East 6) Lanzarote 409.6 km EastNorthEast 7) Isla de Lobos 410.5 km EastNorthEast 8) Graciosa 452.3 km EastNorthEast 9) Montaña Clara 455.4 km EastNorthEast 10) Alegranza 460.1 km EastNorthEast 11) Ilhas Desertas 524 km NorthNorthEast 12) Ilhas Desertas 531.1 km NorthNorthEast 13) Madeira 538.6 km North 14) Ilhas Desertas 540.7 km NorthNorthEast 15) Santa Maria 1203.7 km NorthNorthWest 16) São Miguel 1286.5 km NorthNorthWest 17) Ilhéu de Vila Franca 1296.2 km NorthNorthWest 18) Terceira 1464.3 km NorthNorthWest 19) Perejil Island 1479.6 km NorthEast 20) São Jorge 1492.4 km NorthWest 21) Pico 1496.6 km NorthWest 22) Peñon de Vélez de la Gomera 1523.9 km NorthEast 23) Faial 1539.6 km NorthWest 24) Graciosa 1543.3 km NorthWest 25) Peñon de Alhucemas 1559.1 km NorthEast
Country:	Spain
Location in Country:	West-southwest
Name Comunidad autónoma:	Autonomous Community Canary Islands
Name Provincia:	Province Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Main place:	Valverde
Places portal2europe (sister website):	Caleta (East) Echedo (EastNorthEast) El Golfo (Central) El Pinar (South) Erese (NorthEast) Frontera (Central) Guarazoca (NorthEast) Isora (EastSouthEast) La Restinga (South) Las Casas (SouthSouthEast) Las Playas (SouthEast) Las Puntas (NorthEast) Los Llanillos (Central) Mocanal (NorthEast) Sabinosa (WestNorthWest) San andres comunidad autonoma canarias provincia santa cruz de tenerife termino municipal valverde (East) Taibique (SouthSouthEast) Tamaduste (EastNorthEast) Temijiraque (East) Tigaday (Central) Valverde (EastNorthEast)
Location Main place:	North-northeast
Sea:	Atlantic Ocean
Distance to main land:	474 km
Nearest Country:	Marocco
Type Water:	vulcanic
island-Type:	island in sea
Remarks:	Smallest inhabited island of the Canary Islands. Accessible by boat from Tenerife.

Municipalities

North - South	West - East	Name	km2	Inhabitants
1	2	Valverde Hotels Photos	104	4938
2	1	Frontera Hotels Photos	165	3941

Topographic islandmap El Hierro

Height map of El Hierro

Relief: Height Classes in percentages

Relief: Slope Classes in percentages

Weather at El Hierro

The weather type in Belgara Baja	clear sky
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Precipitation last 3 hours:	No precipitation
Wind:	9.77 meter per second (Wind force - bft 5)
Winddirection:	Northeast
Atmospheric pressure:	1023 mb
Humidity:	66 %
Daylength at 5 December 2025:	10 hour and 29 minutes
Sunrise:	08:48 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset:	19:16 Europe/Amsterdam

Weather-page: El Hierro

The weather for the next few hours

Frontera - ES (longitude: -18.0068, latitude: 27.7463)
Distance weather station to the center island (direction ZZO): 0.89 km

1:00
15 degrees Celcius
1022 mbar
clear sky weericoon

4:00
15 degrees Celcius
1021 mbar
scattered clouds weericoon

7:00
16 degrees Celcius
1022 mbar
broken clouds weericoon

10:00
16 degrees Celcius
1023 mbar
overcast clouds weericoon

13:00
16 degrees Celcius
1020 mbar
overcast clouds weericoon

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