Crim Rocks

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Crim Rocks
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Peaked Rock, one of the Crim Rocks, and the westernmost point of England
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Crim Rocks
Geography
Coordinates 49°53′48″N6°27′00″W / 49.8967°N 6.4500°W / 49.8967; -6.4500
OS grid reference SV802092
Archipelago Isles of Scilly
Administration
United Kingdom
Civil parish Bryher
Demographics
Population0

Crim Rocks (Cornish : Kribyn "little reef") [1] is a small group of uninhabited islands in the Isles of Scilly, England, United Kingdom.

The Crim Rocks are the most westward of the archipelago's Western Rocks, [2] [3] therefore making them the westernmost point of England. They are approximately 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north of Bishop Rock, [4] 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." [2] The most conspicuous of the Crim Rocks is the Peaked Rock. [4] At least thirty ships are known to have been wrecked on the Crims. [3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Akademi Kernewek - Henwyn Tyller". Archived from the original on 29 April 2020.
  2. 1 2 Andrew Breeze, (2007), Cornish toponyms: Crim Rocks, Darite, Perranuthnoe, Port Isaac, and Treverva. Celtica Vol. 25, page 2
  3. 1 2 Larn, Richard (1992). The Shipwrecks of the Isles of Scilly. Nairn: Thomas & Lochar. ISBN   0-946537-84-4.
  4. 1 2 Great Britain, Hydrographic Dept, (1891), Sailing directions for the west coast of England, page 26


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