Cannon Rock
{{Short description|Island in Northern Ireland}}
{{For|the town in South Africa|Cannon Rocks}}
{{Use British English|date=October 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
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Cannon Rock is a skerry in the North Channel off the coast of the Ards Peninsula near Cloughey, County Down, Northern Ireland. It is the easternmost point of Ireland. Cannon Rock is east of South Rock, on which there is a disused lighthouse.[http://www.portaferrylifeboat.com/services/service.htm Portaferry Lifeboat - Rescues] "Lifeboat was requested to go to the aid of a {{convert|30|ft|0|abbr=on}} yacht aground on the Canon [sic] Rock, close by the disused South Rock lighthouse tower"
Marine hazard
The rock is a hazard to shipping. Between 1861 and 1865, nine vessels ran aground on it.{{cite book|title=No. 3716: Abstract of the Returns made to the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade of Wrecks and Casualties which occurred on or near the Coasts of the United Kingdom from the 1st January to the 31st December 1865|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iidcAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA6-PA40|edition=65|series=Accounts and papers |volume=27: Shipping (United Kingdom)|year=1866|publisher=House of Commons|page=40|chapter=Part I, Table 20. List of Sands and Rocks upon which Vessels were Stranded in the Seven Years 1859 to 1865 inclusive}}
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Category:Uninhabited islands of Northern Ireland