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Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 20:07, 26 September 2010: 1,425 × 969 (1.97 MB): Nilfanion {{Information |Description=Blank map of Dumfries and Galloway, UK with the following information shown: *Administrative borders *Coastline, lakes and rivers *Roads and railways *Urban areas Equirectangular map projection on WG
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.
A History of Dumfries and Galloway. Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons. pp. 161– 167. John M. Todd (2006), 'The West March on the Anglo-Scottish Border in the Twelfth Century, and the Origins of the Western Debatable Land', Northern History, 43:1, 11–19, DOI: 10.1179/174587006X86783 ; Attribution
Blank map of Dumfries and Galloway, UK with districts shown. Equirectangular map projection on WGS 84 datum, with N/S stretched 170% Geographic limits: West: 5.25W; East: 2.75W; North: 55.50N; South: 54.50N; Date: 17 July 2010: Source: Ordnance Survey OpenData. Most data from Boundary-Line product. Lake data from Meridian 2 product.
Galloway (Scottish Gaelic: Gall-Ghàidhealaibh [ˈkal̪ˠaɣəl̪ˠu]; Scots: Gallowa; Latin: Gallovidia) [1] is a region in southwestern Scotland comprising the historic counties of Wigtownshire and Kirkcudbrightshire. It is administered as part of the council area of Dumfries and Galloway.
Gatehouse of Fleet (Scots: Gatehoose o Fleet Scottish Gaelic: Taigh an Rathaid) is a town, half in the civil parish of Girthon, and half in the parish of Anwoth, divided by the river Fleet, Kirkcudbrightshire, within the council administrative area of Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.