Puerto de las Nieves
Puerto de las Nieves is a fishing village on the north-western coast of Gran Canaria, and the port of the town Agaete at a few kilometres' distance. Ferries leave five times a day for Santa Cruz de Tenerife. The crossing takes 80 minutes with catamarans.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Bengt Nyman, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Neighborhood with 380 residents
- Description: fishing village in Canary Islands
- Also known as: “Las Nieves”
- Postal code: 35489
Places of Interest
Highlights include God’s Finger rock formation and Iglesia de la Concepción.
God’s Finger rock formation
Photo: LBM1948, CC BY-SA 4.0.
El Dedo de Dios is a 30 m high sea stack in the Atlantic Ocean, off the northern part of Gran Canaria, one of the Canary Islands. During Tropical Storm Delta in November 2005, the thin top of this geological formation broke off and fell into the sea.
Iglesia de la Concepción
Church
Photo: Felix Koenig, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Iglesia de la Concepción is a church.
Yacimiento Arqueológico de Botija
Archaeological site
Photo: Victor R. Ruiz, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Yacimiento Arqueológico de Botija is an archaeological site, which is situated 3½ km north of Puerto de las Nieves.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Northern Gran Canaria.
Northern Gran Canaria
Photo: Toni Teror, CC BY 3.0.
The northern part of the Gran Canaria is a mostly agricultural part of the island.
Puerto de las Nieves
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Agaete, Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
28.10172° or 28° 6′ 6″ northLongitude
-15.71061° or 15° 42′ 38″ westPopulation
380Elevation
16 metres (52 feet)Open location code
7CW6472Q+MQOpenStreetMap ID
node 667809946OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodGeoNames ID
2512190Wikidata ID
Q1516330
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Puerto de las Nieves” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Puerto de las Nieves”
- Dutch: “Puerto de las Nieves”
- French: “Puerto de Las Nieves”
- German: “Puerto de las Nieves”
- Spanish: “Puerto de las Nieves”
- Swedish: “Puerto de las Nieves”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Hermitage of Nuestra Señora de las Nieves and Oficina Información Turística.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Puerto de las Nieves”. Photo: Bengt Nyman, CC BY 2.0.