Zantman's Rock
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Zantman's Rock is an uninhabited rock amongst the Isles of Scilly, Cornwall, found 2 miles north of Bishop Rock, 6 miles west of the main group, of the Isles of Scilly, and 34 miles west of Land's End.
Viewed from a distance, Zantman's Rock is barely visible on the surface of the waters.
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.[1] 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.[1]
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 south-western side of the rock.
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St Mary's •
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Gugh
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