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Rockall navigation-site continuity

The navigational identity of Rockall as a documented hazard and proposed or actual warning site, distinct from both the granite islet and the short-lived 1972 apparatus.

Source Evidence

Heritage Journey

Rockall: A Light Between Warning and Claim

What happens when a navigation light is fixed to a rock whose warning, sovereignty and surrounding sea rights do not share one legal answer?

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Identity role

Direct relationships

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  • Decommissioned
    Rockall 1972 navigation light2006reviewed

    After the failed light was not restored, NLB advised its removal from the Admiralty List of Lights in 2006.

  • Has part
    Rockall 1972 navigation light27/06/1972reviewed

    The 1972 apparatus is one short-lived physical expression of the longer navigation-site identity.

  • Located at
    Rockall1904reviewed

    Rockall's navigation-site identity is rooted in the hazardous granite islet.

  • Modified
    Rockall1971reviewed

    The expedition reduced the summit by about 1.5 metres to prepare a platform for the beacon.

  • Repaired
    Rockall 1972 navigation light1982reviewed

    A government operation replaced batteries and damaged equipment in 1982.

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Rockall

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Attribution

"Rockall navigation-site continuity" · LUX-ASSET-000665 · © LUX143 · Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International · https://light.lux143.org/heritage-assets/LUX-ASSET-000665/

Citation

LUX Light Archive, Heritage asset: "Rockall navigation-site continuity", LUX-ASSET-000665, https://light.lux143.org/heritage-assets/LUX-ASSET-000665/, accessed 2026-08-10, archive v0.24.362.