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Rockall 1972 navigation light

The flashing navigation light first lit on 27 June 1972, repaired in 1982, reported failed again by March 1983, and removed from the Admiralty List of Lights in 2006.

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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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  • Decommissioned
    Rockall navigation-site continuity2006reviewed

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

  • Installed at
    Rockall27/06/1972reviewed

    The government navigation light was lit on Rockall on 27 June 1972.

  • Part of
    Rockall navigation-site continuity27/06/1972reviewed

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

  • Repaired
    Rockall navigation-site continuity1982reviewed

    A government operation replaced batteries and damaged equipment in 1982.

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Rockall

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"Rockall 1972 navigation light" · LUX-ASSET-000666 · © LUX143 · Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International · https://light.lux143.org/heritage-assets/LUX-ASSET-000666/

Citation

LUX Light Archive, Heritage asset: "Rockall 1972 navigation light", LUX-ASSET-000666, https://light.lux143.org/heritage-assets/LUX-ASSET-000666/, accessed 2026-08-10, archive v0.24.362.