{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox lighthouse | qid = Q28465883 | image_name = File:Seal and light beacon on the Gantock Rocks off Dunoon - geograph.org.uk - 421263.jpg | image_width = 280px | caption = The Gantocks and navigation beacon | location = Firth of Clyde, Scotland. | coordinates = {{coord|55.940816|-4.9177772|region:GB|display=inline,title}} National {{gbmapping|NS 17869 75820}} | yearbuilt = {{circa}}1886 | height = {{cvt|44|ft|m}} | range = {{cvt|6|nmi|km}} | fogsignal = No }} '''The Gantocks''' is a small group of rocks lying off Dunoon in the upper Firth of Clyde, West of Scotland.
A navigation beacon was constructed on the rocks circa 1886. The beacon is {{convert|44|ft|m|abbr=off}} in height.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.secretscotland.org.uk/index.php/Secrets/TheGantocks|title=Secret Scotland - The Gantocks|website=www.secretscotland.org.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://canmore.org.uk/site/287955/the-gantocks-navigation-beacon|title=The Gantocks, Navigation Beacon | Canmore|website=canmore.org.uk}}</ref>
The ''MV Akka'' was lost, after grounding on the Gantocks on 9 April 1956.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rod-macdonald.co.uk/index.php/Scottish-Wrecks/mv-akka.html|title=MV Akka | Scottish Wrecks<!-- Bot generated title -->|access-date=2016-12-03|archive-date=2016-12-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220031755/http://www.rod-macdonald.co.uk/index.php/Scottish-Wrecks/mv-akka.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The PS ''Waverley'' grounded on the rocks on 15 July 1977, with 715 passengers on board.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12425753.waverley-runs-aground-carrying-715-passengers/|title=Waverley runs aground carrying 715 passengers|website=HeraldScotland|date=8 August 2006 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://paddlesteamers.info/waverley.htm|title=Paddle Steamer Waverley|website=paddlesteamers.info}}</ref>
The Gantocks beacon was repainted and maintenance carried out during 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.peelports.com/media/3025/cntm-15-18-firth-of-clyde-gantocks-beacon-maintenance.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2019-01-13 |archive-date=2019-01-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190114153227/https://www.peelports.com/media/3025/cntm-15-18-firth-of-clyde-gantocks-beacon-maintenance.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==See also==
* Cloch
==Gallery== <gallery align="left" mode="packed" heights="125px"> 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 </gallery>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gantocks}} Category:Skerries of Scotland Category:Firth of Clyde Category:Cowal Category:Geography of Dunoon