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Crim Rocks
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Peaked Rock, one of the Crim Rocks, and the westernmost point of England
Crim Rocks is located in Isles of Scilly
Crim Rocks
Crim Rocks
Location in Isles of Scilly
Geography
Coordinates 49°53′48″N 6°27′00″W / 49.8967°N 6.4500°W / 49.8967; -6.4500
OS grid reference SV802092
Archipelago Isles of Scilly
Administration
United Kingdom
Civil parish Bryher
Demographics
Population 0

Crim Rocks (Cornish: Kribyn "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, therefore making them the westernmost point of England. They are approximately 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north of Bishop Rock, 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." 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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