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Isle of Man
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Calf of Man

Calf of Man 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.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Kitterland and Chicken Rock.

Island
is an islet in the between the and the Calf of Man in the . is currently owned by the Manx National Trust and has a wealth of bird and marine wildlife.

Island
Photo: Andy Stephenson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
, part of parish, is the southernmost island administered by the . It lies southwest of the Calf of Man, 4.5 kilometres off on the Manx mainland.

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

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cregneash.

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.

Calf of Man

Latitude
54.0528° or 54° 3′ 10″ north
Longitude
-4.8151° or 4° 48′ 54″ west
Elevation
36 metres (118 feet)
Open location code
9C6Q353M+4X
Open­Street­Map ID
way 25987471
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
3042258
Wiki­data ID
Q125389
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Vietnamese—“Calf of Man” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Calf of Man”
  • Chinese: “卡夫曼岛”
  • Chinese: “卡夫曼島”
  • Chinese: “小曼島”
  • Danish: “Calf of Man”
  • Danish: “Isle Calf of Man”
  • Dutch: “Calf of Man”
  • Finnish: “Calf of Man”
  • French: “Calf of Man”
  • French: “Yn Cholloo”
  • German: “Calf of Man”
  • Indonesian: “Calf of Man”
  • Irish: “An Cholú”
  • Irish: “Yn Cholloo”
  • Japanese: “カフ・オブ・マン”
  • Lithuanian: “Kaf of Menas”
  • Manx: “Yn Cholloo”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Calf of Man”
  • Norwegian: “Calf of Man”
  • Polish: “Calf of Man”
  • Portuguese: “Calf of Man”
  • Russian: “Каф-оф-Мэн”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Eireag Mhanainn”
  • Spanish: “Calf of Man”
  • Swedish: “Calf of Man”
  • Ukrainian: “Кальф оф Мен”
  • Ukrainian: “Кальф-оф-Мен”
  • Vietnamese: “Calf of Man”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Calf of Man”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.