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Zantman's Rock is located to the west of
Land's End
Land's End ( kw, Penn an Wlas or ''Pedn an Wlas'') is a headland and tourist and holiday complex in western Cornwall, England, on the Penwith peninsula about west-south-west of Penzance at the western end of the A30 road. To the east of it is ...
,
Cornwall
Cornwall (; kw, Kernow ) is a historic county and ceremonial county in South West England. It is recognised as one of the Celtic nations, and is the homeland of the Cornish people. Cornwall is bordered to the north and west by the Atlantic ...
, and west from the
Isles of Scilly. Viewed from a distance, it is barely visible on the surface of the waters. It is north of
Bishop Rock Lighthouse
The Bishop Rock ( kw, Men Epskop) is a skerry off the British coast in the northern Atlantic Ocean known for its lighthouse.
It is in the westernmost part of the Isles of Scilly, an archipelago off the southwestern tip of the Cornish penin ...
, and about northeast of the
Crim Rocks.
The name "Zantman's Rock" is recorded on an Admiralty chart of 1860: before then, it appears not to have been distinguished from the Crim Rocks a short distance to the southwest.
[Dixe Wills, (2005), ''The Z-Z of Great Britain'', page 35. Icon. ] Several legends attempt to explain the name of the rock, one of which involves a
Dutchman being shipwrecked and finding himself in the unlikely position of clinging on to the rock.
Zantman's Rock has been the cause of at least one famous
shipwreck: that of the ''Susanna'', on 14 August 1913. The wreckage still lies on the southwestern side of Zantman's Rock.
See also
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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 ...
References
Uninhabited islands of the Isles of Scilly
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