Crim Rocks ( "little reef") 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,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 "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.
See also
List of shipwrecks of the Isles of Scilly List of extreme points of the United Kingdom
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