Whithorn Peninsula

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The Whithorn Peninsula is a coastal region in Dumfries and Galloway in southwest Scotland, known for its historic religious sites and rugged rural landscape.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Whithorn Peninsula canonical 1

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
peninsula ⓘ
adjacentTo Luce Bay ⓘ
Machars ⓘ
Wigtown Bay ⓘ
administrativeRegion Dumfries and Galloway Council Area ⓘ
associatedWith Saint Ninian ⓘ
climate maritime climate ⓘ
contains Garlieston ⓘ
Glasserton ⓘ
Isle of Whithorn ⓘ
linked to: Whithorn

Kirkmaiden (historic parish) ⓘ
Mochrum (historic parish) ⓘ
Monreith ⓘ
Port William ⓘ
Sorbie ⓘ
St Ninian’s Cave ⓘ
Stoneykirk (historic parish) ⓘ
Whithorn ⓘ
Whithorn Priory ⓘ
linked to: Whithorn

Whithorn Trust Visitor Centre ⓘ
linked to: Whithorn

Wigtown Bay Local Nature Reserve (coastal parts) ⓘ
country Scotland ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn Irish Sea ⓘ
Solway Firth ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasHeritage early Christian archaeology ⓘ
medieval monastic remains ⓘ
hasViewOf Isle of Man ⓘ
Lake District (distant views across Solway Firth) ⓘ
linked to: Lake District
historicalRegionOf early Scottish Christianity ⓘ
medieval pilgrimage ⓘ
knownFor historic religious sites ⓘ
rugged rural landscape ⓘ
landscapeFeature farmland ⓘ
low hills ⓘ
rocky coastline ⓘ
small bays ⓘ
locatedIn Dumfries and Galloway ⓘ
southwest Scotland ⓘ
locatedOn south coast of Galloway ⓘ
linked to: Galloway coast
nearestLargeTown Newton Stewart ⓘ
partOf Galloway ⓘ
regionType rural area ⓘ
touristAttractionType heritage tourism destination ⓘ
religious tourism destination ⓘ
traditionalCounty Wigtownshire ⓘ
transportAccess rural road network ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Whithorn → locatedOn → Whithorn Peninsula ⓘ