The Gantocks is a small group of rocks lying off
Dunoon
Dunoon (; gd, Dùn Omhain) is the main town on the Cowal peninsula in the south of Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It is located on the western shore of the upper Firth of Clyde, to the south of the Holy Loch and to the north of Innellan. As well ...
in the upper
Firth of Clyde
The Firth of Clyde is the mouth of the River Clyde. It is located on the west coast of Scotland and constitutes the deepest coastal waters in the British Isles (it is 164 metres deep at its deepest). The firth is sheltered from the Atlantic ...
, West of Scotland.
A navigation beacon was constructed on the rocks circa 1886. The beacon is in height.
The MV ''Akka'' was lost, after running onto the Gantocks on 9 April 1956. The
PS ''Waverley'' ran aground on the rocks on 15 July 1977 with 715 passengers on board.
The Gantocks beacon was repainted and maintenance was carried out during 2018.
Gallery
File:The Gantocks - geograph.org.uk - 839222.jpg, The Gantocks Beacon with Cloch Lighthouse behind
File:The Gantocks - geograph.org.uk - 995903.jpg, The Gantocks
File:Lighthouse (4730542865).jpg, Gantocks Beacon
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Skerries of Scotland
Firth of Clyde
Cowal
Geography of Dunoon