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General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.6203,Lat: 55.0391
Elevation	4 meter above sea level
Local time	9:31:52am
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Dumfries and Galloway
Name	Abbey

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Kingholm Quay	1.4 km	EastNorthEast
2 Cargenbridge	2.5 km	NorthWest
3 Kelton	3.2 km	SouthEast
4 Dumfries	3.5 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Kirkconnell	5 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	93 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Douglas	Isle-of-man	113 km	SouthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	156 km	West

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Irish Sea is very close with only a distance of around 2 km (direction SouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Solway Tweed. The nearest bigger lake is Loch Ken (8 km² at a distance of 24.1 km in Western direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 36.2 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 51 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 17%, low location: 81%, hill: 2%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Edinburgh Airport (at a distance of 103 km and direction NorthNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

11.2 km2

14.3%

Nature

2.5 km2

3.2%

Wet nature

3.9 km2

4.9%

Agriculture

50.5 km2

64.2%

Urban area

9.6 km2

12.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Islesteps in country Scotland

Islesteps at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Frontiers of the Roman Empire	Germany,United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	65 km	EastSouthEast
2 New Lanark	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	70 km	North
3 The English Lake District	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	72 km	SouthSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Dumfries

Type of weather in Dumfries	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.45 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	76 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	15 hour and 24 minutes
Sunrise :	06:29 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:53 Europe/Amsterdam