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Sailing to La Palma: SailingEurope Group
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island La Palma
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Youtube La Palma Video - Movie
For a detailed description of this island, see our info-island-page:La Palma
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Physical characteristics - Location| Coordinates: | long: -17.85792 lat : 28.68973 | | Coordinates (gr,min,sec): | long: -17°51'28.5264 lat : 28°41'23.0244 | | Surface area: | 708.2 km2 (1.865 x Isle of Wight) | | Length coastline: | 158.1 km | | Average height: | 859 metre | | Length island: | 42 km | | Maximum width island (estimate): | 24 km | | Name : | VulkaanRoque de los Muchachos - Cumbre Vieja 2426 meter (2426 metre) | | Orientation island: | North - South |
Demographic data island| Habited: | Yes | | Number of inhabitants: | 86528 | | Population density: | 122 inh/km2 | | Important places (direction): | Los Llanos de Aridane (W), Fuencaliente de la Palma (Z) |
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Naming - Location| Local native name: | Isla de La Palma | | Archipelago (island group): | Canary Islands | Neighboring islands
(Island hopping): | 1) La Gomera 89.6 km SouthSouthEast
2) El Hierro 99.8 km SouthSouthWest
3) Tenerife 141.9 km SouthEast
| | Country: | Spain | | Location in Country: | West-southwest | | Name Comunidad autónoma: | Autonomous Community Canary Islands | | Name Provincia: | Province Santa Cruz de Tenerife | | Main place: | Santa Cruz de la Palma | | Location Main place: | East | | Sea: | Atlantic Ocean | | Distance to main land: | 475 km | | Nearest Country: | Marocco | | Type Rock outcrop: | vulcanic | | island-Type: | island in sea | | Remarks: | many ecotourism |
Relief: Height Classes in percentages
Relief: Slope Classes in percentages
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Weather at La Palma
| The weather type in Paso (El) | broken clouds |  | | Current temperature: | 17 degrees Celcius
| | Precipitation last 3 hours: | No precipitation | | Wind: | 2.1 meter per second (Wind force - bft 2)
| | Winddirection: | West | | Atmospheric pressure: | 1020 mb
| | Humidity: | 59 %
| | Daylength at 24 May 2018: | 13 hour and 44 minutes | | Sunrise: | 08:16 Europe/Amsterdam | | Sunset: | 22:00 Europe/Amsterdam |
Weather-page: La Palma
Climate: Temperature and Precipitation
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): | 4129 km | | Ferry connection - Car - Car - with mainland: | Yes | | Boat Connection - pedestrian - with mainland: | Yes | | Bicycle facilities: | Yes |
island-Sights, island-Tourism - island-attractions
island accommodation: Hotel ,Holiday Home, Camping  Hotel |
Hotel at La Palma booking.com
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 Hotel | Not known
| | Holiday Home | | | Bed & Breakfast | | | accommodation-page | La Palma
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Social media - Multimedia
 Videos youtube La Palma
 Photos (Flickr) of the place La Palma
Bings maps La Palma
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Landuse La Palma
| Forest |
241.3 km2 |
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| Nature |
244.1 km2 |
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| Agriculture |
74.3 km2 |
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| Wet nature |
0 km2 |
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| Water |
3.4 km2 |
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| Urban area |
20 km2 |
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| Infrastructure |
1 km2 |
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| Viticulture |
99.5 km2 |
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| Rock outcrop |
24.6 km2 |
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