Crim Rocks

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Coordinates: 49°53′48″N 6°27′00″W / 49.8967°N 6.4500°W / 49.8967; -6.4500<th scope="row" style="text-align:left;"FONT-WEIGHT: bold;";">OS grid reference
Crim Rocks

<div style=""font-size:small;";">Peaked Rock, one of the Crim Rocks, and the most westerly piece of land of England
Crim Rocks

 Crim Rocks shown within Isles of Scilly
SV802092
List of places: UK • England • Isles of Scilly

Crim Rocks (Cornish: An Creeban, 'the little reef') is a small group of uninhabited islands in the Isles of Scilly, England, United Kingdom.

They lie on the western fringe of the Isles of Scilly.[1] They are about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north of Bishop Rock,[2] 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."[1] The most conspicuous of the Crim Rocks is the Peaked Rock.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Andrew Breeze, (2007), Cornish toponyms: Crim Rocks, Darite, Perranuthnoe, Port Isaac, and Treverva. Celtica Vol. 25, page 2
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Great Britain, Hydrographic Dept, (1891), Sailing directions for the west coast of England, page 26

External links

Inhabited islands
Uninhabited islands
Topics
  • Environment
  • History
  • People
  • Transport
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike; additional terms may apply for the media files.