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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: -3.7776,Lat: 55.398
Elevation	473 meter above sea level
Local time	2:29:15am
Name province/region (Country)	Scotland
Wiki-website Subregion (Council Area)	Dumfries and Galloway
Name	Mid and Upper Nithsdale

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Leadhills	2.3 km	NorthEast
2 Auchengruith	6.4 km	WestSouthWest
3 Glenochar	7.7 km	East
4 Watermeetings	7.7 km	East
5 Corsebank	8 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	53 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Douglas	Isle-of-man	146 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	164 km	WestSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Irish Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 43 km (direction South).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Solway Tweed. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Daer Reservoir (2.2 km² at a distance of 10.8 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 60 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 84 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 0%, hill: 76%, low mountains: 24%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.

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

Name
Central Southern Uplands

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Edinburgh Airport (at a distance of 67 km and direction NorthNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Glasgow Prestwick Airport (at a distance of 52 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.2 km2

1.5%

Nature

76.7 km2

97.7%

Wet nature

0.6 km2

0.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Wanlockhead in country Scotland

Wanlockhead 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	30 km	North
2 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	71 km	NorthEast
3 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	72 km	NorthNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Sanquhar

Type of weather in Sanquhar	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	10.81 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 6)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	992 mb
Humidity:	97 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	7 hour and 5 minutes
Sunrise :	09:39 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:44 Europe/Amsterdam