Crim Rocks ( kw, Kribyn "little reef")
is a small group of uninhabited islands in the
Isles of Scilly,
England
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,
United Kingdom
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.
The Crim Rocks are the most westward of the archipelago's
Western Rocks,
[ Andrew Breeze, (2007), ''Cornish toponyms: Crim Rocks, Darite, Perranuthnoe, Port Isaac, and Treverva''. Celtica Vol. 25, page 2] therefore making them the westernmost point of England. They are approximately north of
Bishop Rock,
[Great Britain, Hydrographic Dept, (1891), ''Sailing directions for the west coast of England'', page 26] and about southwest of
Zantman's Rock. The name may be
cognate with the
Middle Welsh
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"crimp" meaning "shin, ridge, or ledge."
The most conspicuous of the Crim Rocks is the Peaked Rock.
At least thirty ships are known to have been
wrecked on the Crims.
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See also
*List of shipwrecks of the Isles of Scilly
The list of shipwrecks of the Isles of Scilly is a list of ships which sank on or near the Isles of Scilly.
The list includes ships that sustained a damaged hull, which were later refloated and repaired.
Before 1601
1305
* an unnamed sailin ...
*List of extreme points of the United Kingdom
This is a list of the extreme points of the United Kingdom: the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location. Traditionally the extent of the island of Great Britain has stretched "from Land's End to John o' Groats" ( ...
References
Uninhabited islands of the Isles of Scilly
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