Piletas
Piletas is a hamlet in Agaete, Las Palmas. Piletas is situated nearby to the locality La Cardonera, as well as near Casa Amarilla.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. God’s Finger rock formation is situated 3 km west of Piletas.
Iglesia de la Concepción
Church
Photo: Felix Koenig, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Iglesia de la Concepción is a church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Puerto de las Nieves and Northern Gran Canaria.
Puerto de las Nieves
Neighborhood
Photo: Bengt Nyman, CC BY 2.0.
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. Puerto de las Nieves is situated 3 km west of Piletas.
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.
Fontanales
Hamlet
Photo: Sailko, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fontanales is a hamlet, which is situated 8 km southeast of Piletas.
Piletas
- Type: Hamlet
- Category: locality
- Location: Agaete, Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
28.09435° or 28° 5′ 40″ northLongitude
-15.67864° or 15° 40′ 43″ westOpen location code
7CW638VC+PGOpenStreetMap ID
node 2481723650OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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