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Hoyagrande Destination Guide

Discover Hoyagrande in Spain

Hoyagrande in the region of Canary Islands is a town located in Spain - some 1,137 mi or ( 1830 km ) South-West of Madrid , the country's capital .

Interactive map of Hoyagrande

Local time in Hoyagrande is now 11:10 PM (Thursday) . The local timezone is named " Atlantic/Canary " with a UTC offset of 0 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Funchal, Tijarafe, Telde, Tazacorte, and Santiago del Teide. When in this area, you might want to check out Funchal . We found some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Hoyagrande ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Supertrail vom Roque de los Muchachos

7:54 min by alpsbiketv
Views: 11774 Rating: 4.92

Ein super Mountainbike-Downhill mit Ottes von der Bike-Station La Palma - 2800 Höhenmeter bergab. ..

Time Lapse Movie of moving clouds on La Palma

0:31 min by MAGICTimeLapse
Views: 5129 Rating: 5.00

A HDR time lapse movie of the clouds in the caldera of the Canary Island of La Palma. ..


La Palma - Santa Cruz

4:08 min by Peter Menzel
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PMMedia1: Den Besucher erwartet in Santa Cruz kein großstädtisches Flair. Doch oder gerade deswegen sollte man unbedingt einen Abstecher in die Inselmetropole einplanen. Santa Cruz ist eine der schöns ..

La magia del momento

6:33 min by Taijiraum
Views: 899 Rating: 5.00

Eindrücke von der Meisterklasse mit Daniel Grolle auf La Palma Februar 2011. Musik von Ziriab - Künstler aus Puntagorda/La Palma. ..


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Interesting facts about this location

HEGRA

Hegra is a village and former municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. The former municipality encompassed most of the eastern part of the present-day municipality of Stjørdal. The ancient rock carvings (Leirfald), as well as the small border fort Hegra Fortress (formerly known as Ingstadkleven Fort) are both located in Hegra.

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Located at 28.76 -17.89 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Tags: Astronomical observatories in La Palma, Former municipalities of Norway, Gamma-ray telescopes, Villages in Nord-Trøndelag

MAGIC (telescope)

MAGIC (Major Atmospheric Gamma-ray Imaging Cherenkov Telescopes) is a system of two Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes situated at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory on La Palma, one of the Canary Islands, at about 2200 m above sea level. MAGIC detects particle showers released by gamma rays, using the Cherenkov radiation, i.e. , faint light radiated by the charged particles in the showers.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 28.76 -17.89 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Tags: Astronomical observatories in La Palma, Gamma-ray telescopes

Roque de los Muchachos Observatory

Roque de los Muchachos Observatory is an astronomical observatory located in the municipality of Garafía on the island of La Palma in the Canary Islands. The observatory site is operated by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias which is based on nearby Tenerife, and it is part of European Northern Observatory. The seeing statistics make it the second best location for optical and infrared astronomy in the Northern Hemisphere, after Mauna Kea Observatory, Hawaii.

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Located at 28.77 -17.88 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Tags: Astronomical observatories in La Palma

Gran Telescopio Canarias

The Gran Telescopio Canarias (meaning "Canaries Great Telescope"), also known as GranTeCan or GTC, is a 10.4 m reflecting telescope undertaking commissioning observations at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory on the island of La Palma, in the Canary Islands of Spain, as of July 2009. Construction of the telescope, sited on a volcanic peak 2,267 metres above sea level, took seven years and cost €130 million (£112 million).

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Located at 28.76 -17.89 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Tags: Astronomical observatories in La Palma, Telescopes, University of Florida

Telescopio Nazionale Galileo

The Telescopio Nazionale Galileo, or TNG, is a 3.58m Italian telescope located on the island of San Miguel de La Palma (or, more simply, La Palma), in the Canary Islands archipelago. It is one of the largest telescopes hosted by the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory, a very important observing site in the northern hemisphere.

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Located at 28.75 -17.89 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Tags: Astronomical observatories in La Palma, Telescopes