Dunsapie Loch

Dunsapie Loch is a lake in , . Dunsapie Loch is situated nearby to the neighborhood , as well as near the suburb .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Edinburgh Castle and National Museum of Scotland.

is a historic castle in , . It stands on , which has been occupied by humans since at least the Iron Age. There has been a royal castle on the rock since the reign of Malcolm III in the 11th century, and the castle continued to be a royal residence until 1633.

Museum
The in , Scotland, is a museum of Scottish history and culture. It was formed in 2006 with the merger of the new Museum of Scotland, with collections relating to Scottish antiquities, culture and history, and the adjacent Royal Scottish Museum, with international collections covering science and technology, natural history, and world cultures.

Peak
Arthur's Seat is an ancient extinct volcano that is the main peak of the group of hills in , , which form most of , described by Robert Louis Stevenson as "a hill for magnitude, a mountain in virtue of its bold design".

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Old Town and New Town.

is the original settlement of . At its core is the Royal Mile, the long street descending east from Castle Crag to Holyrood Palace. This medieval city was cramped for space so it built higher and higher, and stank higher still, hence its nickname of "Auld Reekie".

of is 250 years old, in contrast to the settled for over a thousand years. It was laid out on a grid pattern in the late 18th century with elegant Georgian townhouses, and the intervening loch was drained to become Princes Street Gardens.

is the historic port of the capital of Scotland, north of city centre on the shore of the Firth of Forth. It's now only a minor port and has lost much of its industry, to be replaced by retail, bistros and cobbled wharves.

Dunsapie Loch

Latitude
55.9461° or 55° 56′ 46″ north
Longitude
-3.1531° or 3° 9′ 11″ west
Open location code
9C7RWRWW+CQ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 4943956
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­lake
Wiki­data ID
Q1266250
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In Other Languages

From Egyptian Arabic to German—“Dunsapie Loch” goes by many names.
  • Egyptian Arabic: بحيره دونساپى لوتش
  • German: Dunsapie Loch

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Dunsapie and Whinny Hill.

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