Crim Rocks
Crim Rocks (Cornish: An Creeban, 'the little reef') is a small group of uninhabited islands in the Isles of Scilly, England, United Kingdom.
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 Peaked Rock, one of the Crim Rocks, and the westernmost point of England | |
  Crim Rocks | |
| Geography | |
| Coordinates | 49.8967°N 6.4500°W |
| OS grid reference | SV802092 |
| Archipelago | Isles of Scilly |
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United Kingdom | |
| Civil parish | Bryher |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 0 |
The Crim Rocks are the most westward of the archipelago's Western Rocks,[1][2] therefore making them the westernmost point of England. They are approximately 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north of Bishop Rock,[3] and about 0.25 miles (0.40 km) southwest of Zantman's Rock. The name may be cognate with the Middle Welsh "crimp" meaning "shin, ridge, or ledge."[1] The most conspicuous of the Crim Rocks is the Peaked Rock.[3] At least thirty ships are known to have been wrecked on the Crims.[2]
References
- Andrew Breeze, (2007), Cornish toponyms: Crim Rocks, Darite, Perranuthnoe, Port Isaac, and Treverva. Celtica Vol. 25, page 2
- Larn, Richard (1992). The Shipwrecks of the Isles of Scilly. Nairn: Thomas & Lochar. ISBN 0-946537-84-4.
- Great Britain, Hydrographic Dept, (1891), Sailing directions for the west coast of England, page 26
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