Zantman's Rock is located to the west of

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, 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.

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Uninhabited islands of the Isles of Scilly {{IslesofScilly-geo-stub

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