Crim Rocks

Crim Rocks
An Creeban
Peaked Rock, one of the Crim Rocks, and the westernmost point of England
Crim Rocks is located in Isles of Scilly
Crim Rocks
Crim Rocks
Geography
Coordinates49°53′48″N 6°27′00″W / 49.8967°N 6.4500°W / 49.8967; -6.4500
OS grid referenceSV802092
ArchipelagoIsles of Scilly
Administration
United Kingdom
Civil parishBryher
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. ^ a b Andrew Breeze, (2007), Cornish toponyms: Crim Rocks, Darite, Perranuthnoe, Port Isaac, and Treverva. Celtica Vol. 25, page 2
  3. ^ a b Larn, Richard (1992). The Shipwrecks of the Isles of Scilly. Nairn: Thomas & Lochar. ISBN 0-946537-84-4.
  4. ^ a b Great Britain, Hydrographic Dept, (1891), Sailing directions for the west coast of England, page 26


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