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85:Coordinates
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265:Antarctica
144:Designated
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416:Woodhaven
396:Monifieth
391:Kingoodie
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769:Newburgh
764:Luncarty
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615:23 March
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248:and the
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784:Stanley
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749:Dunkeld
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744:Dundee
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488:Ramsar
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945:Avon
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