Chicken Rock

Chicken Rock Lighthouse

Chicken Rock lighthouse with passing cargo vessel
Location	Offshore on Chicken Rock, just off the Isle of Man
Coordinates	54°02.271′N 4°50.315′W / 54.037850°N 4.838583°W / 54.037850; -4.838583Coordinates: 54°02.271′N 4°50.315′W / 54.037850°N 4.838583°W / 54.037850; -4.838583
Year first lit	1875
Automated	1961
Construction	Granite
Height	44 m (144 ft)
Focal height	Sea Level
Range	13 mi (21 km)
Characteristic	White flash every 5 Secs

Chicken Rock (Manx: Carrick ny Kirkey), part of Rushen parish, is the southernmost island administered by the Isle of Man. It lies southwest of the Calf of Man, 4.5 kilometres (2.8 mi) off Spanish Head on the Manx mainland.^[1] There is a lighthouse on the island. The 44 metres (144 ft) lighthouse is constructed of tapered granite and was designed by David Thomas Stevenson, after the lights on the Calf of Man were insufficient at warning ships away. Construction finished in December 1874, with the first official lighting day taking place on 1 January, 1875.

A fire heavily damaged the interior of the lighthouse on 23 December, 1960. The light became automated in 1961. The lighthouse is owned and maintained by the Northern Lighthouse Board.^[2]

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