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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: -4.6886,Lat: 55.0228
Elevation	143 meter above sea level
Local time	21:00:12pm
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Dumfries and Galloway
Name	Mid Galloway

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Knowe	3.5 km	SouthEast
2 Carseriggan	6.2 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Bargrennan	7.4 km	EastNorthEast
4 Chirmorrie	8.2 km	NorthWest
5 Miltonise	8.9 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	92 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	93 km	WestSouthWest
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	97 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Irish Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 17 km (direction SouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Solway Tweed. The nearest bigger lake is Loch Dee (0.9 km² at a distance of 18.8 km in Eastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 104.1 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 146 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 96%, hill: 4%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Western Southern Uplands

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Glasgow International Airport (at a distance of 96 km and direction NorthNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Glasgow Prestwick Airport (at a distance of 54 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

47 km2

59.9%

Nature

15 km2

19%

Wet nature

14 km2

17.8%

Agriculture

0.6 km2

0.7%

Water - Lakes

2 km2

2.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Polbae in country Scotland

Polbae at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 New Lanark	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	92 km	NorthEast
2 Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	117 km	WestNorthWest
3 The English Lake District	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	120 km	SouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Minnigaff

Type of weather in Minnigaff	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.74 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1006 mb
Humidity:	91 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	15 hour and 24 minutes
Sunrise :	06:33 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:57 Europe/Amsterdam