Calf of Man
| Calf of Man (yn Cholloo) |
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| Waters | Irish Sea | |
| Archipelago | Isle of Man | |
| Geographical location | 54 ° 3 '10 " N , 4 ° 49' 13" W | |
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| length | 2.4 km | |
| width | 1.8 km | |
| surface | 2.5 km² | |
| Highest elevation | 128 m | |
| Residents | 2 (2006) <1 inh / km² |
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| main place | (Ornithological station) | |
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Calf of Man or yn Cholloo in the Manx language is an island less than 500 meters southwest of the Isle of Man , and separated from it by Calf Sound and the tiny rocky island of Kitterland . About a kilometer southwest of Calf of Man is the Chicken Rock , the southernmost area of the Isle of Man. The island belongs as well as the neighboring rock to the municipality ( parish ) Rushen .
The island is 2.5 km² and counted two inhabitants in the last census of 2006. These are employees of the ornithological station. The entire island is a bird sanctuary . There are several lighthouses on the island, but not all of them are in operation.
A cross slab , which probably shows Longinus sticking a lance in the side of the crucified Christ , comes from the Calf of Man.
Web links
- Map sheet from 1870 (scale 1: 10560 six inches to the mile )