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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: -4.0699,Lat: 55.2971
Elevation	457 meter above sea level
Local time	16:25:44pm
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Dumfries and Galloway
Name	Mid and Upper Nithsdale

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Corlae	5.3 km	SouthWest
2 Benbuie	6.6 km	South
3 Craigdarroch	6.9 km	NorthWest
4 Manquhill	8 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Auchenbrack	9.7 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	57 km	North
2 Douglas	Isle-of-man	130 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	142 km	WestSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 40 km (direction NorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Solway Tweed. The nearest bigger lake is Loch Doon (8.3 km² at a distance of 17.8 km in Western direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 70.2 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 98 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 66%, low mountains: 34%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.

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 68 km and direction North).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Glasgow Prestwick Airport (at a distance of 40 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

27.5 km2

35%

Nature

40.4 km2

51.5%

Wet nature

10.1 km2

12.9%

Agriculture

0.5 km2

0.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Polskeoch in country Scotland

Polskeoch 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	45 km	NorthEast
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	90 km	NorthEast
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	91 km	NorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Kirkconnel

Type of weather in Kirkconnel	light rain
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.05 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1006 mb
Humidity:	73 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	15 hour and 26 minutes
Sunrise :	06:29 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:56 Europe/Amsterdam