Calf of Man

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 the Calf Sound and lying therein tiny rock island Kitterland. About one kilometer southwest of the Calf of Man, Chicken Rock is the rock, the southernmost to the Isle of Man area related. The island belongs as well as the neighboring rocks to the community ( parish ) Rushen.

The island is 2.5 km ² and counted at the last census of 2006, two residents. These are employees of the bird observatory. The entire island is a bird sanctuary.

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