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General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -5.1646,Lat: 54.9323
Elevation	53 meter above sea level
Local time	21:01:40pm
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Dumfries and Galloway
Name	Stranraer and North Rhins

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Ervie	4.1 km	NorthEast
2 Leswalt	4.5 km	EastSouthEast
3 Kirminnoch	4.9 km	NorthEast
4 South Cairn	5.1 km	North
5 Portslogan	5.7 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Belfast	Northern-ireland	62 km	WestSouthWest
2 Douglas	Isle-of-man	97 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Glasgow	Scotland	114 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Knocknain lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction WestNorthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Loch Dee (0.9 km² at a distance of 50.9 km in Eastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the North-Irish-Irish border with a straight distance of 116.7 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 163 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 1%, low location: 99%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Belfast International Airport (at a distance of 74 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is George Best Belfast City Airport (at a distance of 57 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

4.3 km2

8.5%

Nature

1.8 km2

3.6%

Wet nature

2.3 km2

4.6%

Agriculture

41.6 km2

83.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Knocknain in country Scotland

Knocknain at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	91 km	NorthWest
2 New Lanark	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	120 km	EastNorthEast
3 The English Lake District	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	143 km	EastSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Knocknain
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Stranraer

Type of weather in Stranraer	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.72 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1004 mb
Humidity:	87 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	15 hour and 7 minutes
Sunrise :	06:44 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:51 Europe/Amsterdam