Isle of Whithorn
Isle of Whithorn is one of the most southerly villages and seaports in Scotland, lying on the coast north east of Burrow Head, about three miles from Whithorn and about thirteen miles south of Wigtown in Dumfries and Galloway. Whithorn, is a former royal burgh in Wigtownshire, Dumfries and Galloway, with which Isle of Whithorn is frequently incorrectly amalgamated or confused.
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Whithorn
Village
Isle of Whithorn
- Type: Village with 300 residents
- Description: village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
- Category: locality
- Location: Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.70078° or 54° 42′ 3″ north
Longitude
-4.36337° or 4° 21′ 48″ west
Population
300
Elevation
26 feet (8 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB WHH
Open location code
9C6QPJ2P+8M
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Urdu—“Isle of Whithorn” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Isle of Whithorn”
- French: “Isle of Whithorn”
- German: “Isle of Whithorn”
- Irish: “Port Rosnait”
- Japanese: “アイル・オブ・ホイットホーン”
- Japanese: “ホウィットホーン島”
- Scots: “Isle o Whithorn”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Port Rosnait”
- Urdu: “آئل آف وٹ ہورن”
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