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Tatamailau

You can see 248 km from here, looking north-east.

87Viewyas Score

SummitSunsetSea view360°Long view

Calculating the panorama…

Drag to turn around. The relief is drawn 2.2 times taller so the ridges can be read; far ridges are paler, as in the real air.

The view

Up to 248 km away.

Calculated on the relief one degree at a time, up to 250 km, with the curvature of the Earth and the refraction of the air: what stands above the horizon from here.

87out of 100

Our own rating, from the relief and the climate only: open horizon (35 points), how far you see (25), sea and named peaks in view (20) and clear months (20).

  • 248 kmFarthest ridgelooking north-east
  • 100%Open horizonof the circle where the horizon is below your eyes
  • 62%Seaof the circle where the horizon is the sea
  • 8Peaks in viewnamed summits that rise above the relief in front
  • 2,931 mAltitudeabove the sea, at the highest point of the viewpoint

The 8 peaks you can name from here

From west to east as you turn around: height, distance and direction. Each one links to its guide on Peakyas, our mountain atlas.

Matebian2,316 m · 125 km · eastGunung Bibileo968 m · 83 km · eastTaroman2,346 m · 51 km · south-westMount Sapu1,259 m · 120 km · west

From the relief only: buildings, trees and haze are not in the model. On a hazy day you see much less; 250 km is the limit of our calculation.

The sun

The best sunsets are from August to October.

When the sun really disappears from this viewpoint — behind the relief or into the sea — and in which direction, on the 15th of each month, in local time.

  1. Janwest-2 min before the sea-level sunset14%
  2. Febwest-4 min before the sea-level sunset17%
  3. Marwest-4 min before the sea-level sunset23%
  4. Aprwest-2 min before the sea-level sunset35%
  5. Maywest-4 min before the sea-level sunset38%
  6. Junnorth-west-2 min before the sea-level sunset42%
  7. Julwest-2 min before the sea-level sunset50%
  8. Augwest-2 min before the sea-level sunset57%
  9. Sepwest-2 min before the sea-level sunset58%
  10. Octwest-2 min before the sea-level sunset53%
  11. Novwest-2 min before the sea-level sunset39%
  12. Decsouth-westsets on an open horizon17%
  • Time: when the sun goes behind the horizon you see from here.
  • Minutes: how much earlier the relief hides the sun.
  • %: share of clear sky that month (NASA, 2001–2020).

The highlighted months are the clearest. Golden hour starts about an hour before.

The place

Tatamailau.

Mountain in East Timor

Tatamailau is a summit in Timor Leste, 2,931 m above the sea.

On a clear day the farthest ridge you can see is 248 km away, looking north-east.

The sea fills 62% of the horizon.

8 named peaks rise above the relief in front; the most prominent is Matebian (2,316 m), 125 km away.

The horizon is open, below your eyes, over 100% of the circle.

The skies are clearest from August to October.

View to Mt Tatamailau, Ainaro on a clear day
Colin Trainor · CC BY-SA 3.0

Get there and stay

  • Pousada Alecrim Namrauplace to stay · 3.1 km · 2 within 10 km
  • Ainaronearest town · 9.7 km in a straight linePlaces to stay in AinaroBooking.com · sponsored link
  • Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport (DIL)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 40 km in a straight line

Plan the visit

A guided tour, a bed nearby, a car.

Tours, cable cars and tickets for TatamailauGetYourGuideSee prices Stays with a view near TatamailauBooking.comSee prices Car hire in Timor LesteDiscover CarsSee prices 

Some links above are affiliate links: if you book through them we may earn a commission, at no extra cost to you. It never changes what the data on this page says.

From above

The viewpoint and its surroundings.

The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the viewpoint, with what OpenStreetMap shows nearby.

Tatamailau seen from above (Sentinel-2)
Seen from above: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 6 × 6 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Around, in OpenStreetMap

  • 1other viewpoints within 5 km
  • 2named peaks within 5 kmTatamailau, TL Highest Elevation
  • 1campsites within 10 km
  • 2places to stay within 10 kmPousada Alecrim Namrau, Antonio Guide & Guesthouse
  • cable car and funicular stations within 5 km
  • marked trails within 3 km
  • shelters and huts within 5 km
  • car parks within 3 km
  • visitor centres within 5 km
  • restaurants and cafés within 3 km

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.

In our other atlases

What you see from Tatamailau, and what is near.

Everything around this viewpoint — mountains, water, forests, birds, caves and the night sky — in the family's atlases.

Peakyas328 mountains within 25 km
Tatamailau · this placeTatamailau2,963 m · this placeFoho Doramelau2,857 m · 1.6 kmFoho Olopana1,791 m · 10 kmFoho Bacusaga2,212 m · 13 kmMount Gueroaben2,118 m · 14 kmMount Taralu1,974 m · 15 kmCablac2,085 m · 16 kmLeolaco1,929 m · 25 km
Islandyasthe island
Timor30,777 km²
Darkskyas1 dark-sky places within 30 km
TatamailauBortle 2 · this place
Cascadyas4 waterfalls within 15 km
Bandeira Waterfall · 7.2 kmTatrof Bohah Baliza · 7.6 kmKilelo-Wasserfall · 11 kmManu-Babi · 12 km

Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap, GBIF). Links open when each site is online.

Photographs

The view, as people saw it.

Life in the clouds. firewood collection and stream crossing with Mt Ramelau in the background, Hatu Builico valley, Ainaro, Timor-Leste
Colin Trainor · CC BY-SA 3.0
Sombra do Ramelau
AlipioJG · CC BY-SA 4.0
Mountains seen from Mt. Ramelau at dawn (6785007500)
Kate Dixon · CC BY 2.0

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q1539961) · CC0
SunJ. Meeus, Astronomical Algorithms
Peaks in viewPeakyas (Wikidata, CC0)
Panorama and altitudeCopernicus DEM GLO-90 / GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
CloudsNASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2)
What is around© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Sister atlasesPeakyas, Islandyas, Darkskyas, Cascadyas

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

The family

Do you prefer beaches, lakes, mountains, waterfalls, islands, rivers, canyons, caves, dark skies, viewpoints, birdwatching or forests?

Same idea, other landscapes: field atlases built on open data, in seven languages.

beachesCoastyaFind your beach: sea temperature, sun and swimming month by month.Visit lakesLakeyasEvery lake on Earth: water temperature, ice, depth and the shore.Visit mountainsPeakyasEvery summit in 3D: summit weather, the 0 °C line, huts and trails.Visit waterfallsCascadyasEvery waterfall: height, flow month by month and when it roars.Visit islandsIslandyasEvery island from the sea up: size, sea temperature, ferries and 3D.Visit riversRiveryasEvery river from source to sea: the journey, the flow and the basin in numbers.Visit canyonsCanyonyasEvery canyon cut to scale: depth to the floor, rim and floor temperatures, trails and viewpoints.Visit cavesCavernyasEvery cave with its real depth and length: the rock above, the temperature inside all year, and how to visit.Visit dark skiesDarkskyasWhere the night is still dark: the sky of every place, the Milky Way month by month, the Moon, eclipses and auroras.Visit
viewpointsViewyasEvery viewpoint with its real 360° panorama: the peaks you can name, how far you see and where the sun sets.You are here
birdwatchingBirdyasEvery bird sanctuary and wetland with the species recorded month by month: who is resident, who comes for the summer, who only passes through.Visit forestsForestyasEvery forest with its land-cover rings, what grows and lives in it, and the best months to walk it.Visit