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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: -4.7661,Lat: 55.1848
Elevation	145 meter above sea level
Local time	18:13:15pm
Name province/region (Country)	Scotland
Wiki-website Subregion (Council Area)	South Ayrshire
Name	Girvan and South Carrick
Other place with same name 1	Merkland Scotland - Dumfries and Galloway

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Auchensoul	2.6 km	NorthEast
2 Tormitchell	3.3 km	North
3 Pinmore	3.4 km	WestNorthWest
4 Bellamore	4.5 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Barr	4.5 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	77 km	NorthEast
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	99 km	WestSouthWest
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	116 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 8 km (direction NorthWest). The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Loch Bradan Reservoir (2.3 km² at a distance of 17.8 km in Eastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 110 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 154 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 60%, hill: 40%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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 80 km and direction NorthNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Glasgow Prestwick Airport (at a distance of 37 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

25.8 km2

32.8%

Nature

19.2 km2

24.4%

Wet nature

0.7 km2

0.9%

Agriculture

32.5 km2

41.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Merkland in country Scotland

Merkland 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	82 km	EastNorthEast
2 Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	109 km	WestNorthWest
3 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	126 km	NorthEast

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Merkland
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	Bings maps
	Mapquest
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	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Girvan

Type of weather in Girvan	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.79 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	997 mb
Humidity:	79 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 2 minutes
Sunrise :	09:04 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:06 Europe/Amsterdam