Heritage Place

Rockall

An uninhabitable granite islet and navigational hazard in the North Atlantic. The archive does not assign a single undisputed country facet.

Place Summary

Place ID: LUX-PLACE-000026
Type: landscape feature
Description: An uninhabitable granite islet and navigational hazard in the North Atlantic. The archive does not assign a single undisputed country facet.
Aliases: Rockall islet
Coordinates: 57.59667, -13.68861
Precision: source-coordinate
Confidence: high
Status: reviewed
Review: reviewed

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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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Role in journey

Hazard and disputed placeRockall: A Light Between Warning and Claim
The granite islet is modeled without a single undisputed country facet.

Related Heritage Relationships

Located atRockall navigation-site continuity to Rockall1904
ModifiedRockall navigation-site continuity to Rockall1971
Installed atRockall 1972 navigation light to Rockall27/06/1972

Evidence

Rockall — Northern Lighthouse Board Journal, Summer 2023Official Navigation Authority
NLB publishes 57°35′48″ N, 13°41′19″ W for Rockall.
Rockall geological memoir — British Geological SurveyGovernment Geoscience Archive
BGS documents the granite islet, summit modification and remaining beacon evidence.