Chicken Rock

Chicken Rock is an isolated rock and the southernmost island administered by the . Situated in the , it lies approximately 4.5 kilometres southwest of on the Manx mainland, and about 1 mile south of the .
Wikipedia
Photo: Andy Stephenson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Calf of Man and Chicken Rock Lighthouse.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
is an island off the southwest tip of the . It measures about one mile by one mile and is a wildlife reserve owned by Manx National Heritage. It has no permanent residents but in summer has a couple of bird wardens.

Lighthouse
Photo: Andy Stephenson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The is an active 19th-century lighthouse, located on Chicken Rock, an isolated island at the southern end of the . Completed in 1874, the 44-metre-high tower is constructed of tapered granite and was designed by David and Thomas Stevenson.

Lighthouse
Photo: Andy Stephenson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cregneash and Towlfoggy.

Hamlet
Photo: RuthAS, CC BY 3.0.
or Cregneish is a small village and tourist destination in the extreme south-west of the , about 1 mi from . Most of the village is now part of a living museum run by Manx National Heritage.

Locality
Photo: Phil Catterall, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a locality.

Photo: Richard Hoare, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village on the southwest coast of the . Most tourists just day-trip, and it's a very quiet place in the evening.

Chicken Rock

Latitude
54.03802° or 54° 2′ 17″ north
Longitude
-4.83767° or 4° 50′ 16″ west
Open location code
9C6Q25Q6+6W
Open­Street­Map ID
way 144846041
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
3042253
Wiki­data ID
Q125547
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Chicken Rock” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Chicken Rock (bato sa Isle of Man)”
  • Cebuano: “Chicken Rock”
  • Chinese: “雞岩”
  • Dutch: “Chicken Rock”
  • French: “Chicken Rock”
  • German: “Chicken Rock”
  • Irish: “Carraig na gCearc”
  • Lithuanian: “Čiken Rokas”
  • Manx: “Carrick ny Kylliu”
  • Polish: “Chicken Rock”
  • Russian: “Чикен Рок”
  • Russian: “Чикен-Рок”
  • Spanish: “Roca Chicken”
  • Swedish: “Chicken Rock”
  • Ukrainian: “Чікен-Рок”
  • “Chicken Rock”

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