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Dumfries (/ d ʌ m ˈ f r iː s / ⓘ dum-FREESS; Scots: Dumfries; from Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Phris [ˌt̪un ˈfɾʲiʃ]) is a market town and former royal burgh in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, near the mouth of the River Nith on the Solway Firth, 25 miles (40 km) from the Anglo-Scottish border.
The term Dumfries and Galloway has been used since at least the 19th century – by 1911 the three counties had a united sheriffdom under that name. Dumfries and Galloway covers the majority of the western area of the Southern Uplands, [3] it also hosts Scotland's most Southerly point, at the Mull of Galloway [4] in the west of the region.
Milton Island or Green Inch was an island in the Clyde's estuarine waters close to the old ford across the river at Dumbuck near Dumbarton. Newshot Island or Newshot Isle was an island of circa 50 acres or 20 hectares lying in the River Clyde close to Park Quay, Renfrewshire, Scotland. It is now partly joined to the river bank.
For inhabited islands the next best reference is often General Register Office for Scotland (November 2003) Scotland's Census 2001 table. Other useful sources are the ‘’Gazetteer of Scotland’’, which has academic credentials, and Rick Livingstone’s comprehensive tables, which are especially useful for smaller islands <40ha.
Located in the North Atlantic halfway between Iceland and Scotland, the volcanic islands’ unspoiled scenery wows visitors. The two latest subsea tunnels are statement makers, too.
The North Channel (known in Irish and Scottish Gaelic as Sruth na Maoile, in Scots as the Sheuch [1]) is the strait between north-eastern Northern Ireland and south-western Scotland. The Firth of Clyde merges with the channel, between the southern tip of the Kintyre peninsula and Corsewall Point on the Rhins of Galloway. [2]
The estuary of the River Nith, opening into the Solway Firth south of Dumfries. The Solway Firth [a] is an inlet on the west coast of Great Britain, forming part of the border between England and Scotland. [b] The "firth" (a Scottish term for inlets of the sea) divides Cumbria (including the Solway Plain) from Dumfries and Galloway.
Opposite the church, within the Loch, is an island, from which the area derives its name: inch is a Scots and Irish word for island, derived from the Gaelic innis. This island is about 550 metres (1,800 ft) in circumference, and formerly held a place of worship, vestiges of which are still remaining.