"Rosevear, Isles of Scilly Rosevear (, ""great promontory"") is the largest () of the group of rocks known as the Western Rocks, Isles of Scilly. The islands are on eastern side of the Atlantic Ocean on the south-west approaches to the island of Great Britain and are renowned for the numerous shipwrecks in the area and the nearby Bishop Rock lighthouse. All the uninhabited islands are owned by the Duchy of Cornwall and are managed by the Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust, which looks after the archaeological and historical remains on the islands, as well as the flora and fauna."
"Isles of Scilly The Isles of Scilly (; or """") is an archipelago off the southwestern tip of Cornwall. One of the islands, St Agnes, is the most southerly point in both England and the United Kingdom, being over further south than the most southerly point of the British mainland at Lizard Point. The population of all the islands at the 2011 census was 2,203. Scilly forms part of the ceremonial county of Cornwall, and some services are combined with those of Cornwall. However, since 1890, the islands have had a separate local authority. Since the passing of the Isles"
"traditional British naval song ""Spanish Ladies"". Scilly is mentioned in the song ""Phenomenal Cat"" by The Kinks on their album The Kinks are the Village Green Preservation Society. Isles of Scilly is a song by the Icelandic artist Catmanic. Isles of Scilly The Isles of Scilly (; or """") is an archipelago off the southwestern tip of Cornwall. One of the islands, St Agnes, is the most southerly point in both England and the United Kingdom, being over further south than the most southerly point of the British mainland at Lizard Point. The population of all the islands at the"
"Britain had had assisted passages aboard ships. Lower Moors (St Mary's) The Lower Moors is a wetland between Hugh Town and Old Town Bay on St Mary's, the largest island in the Isles of Scilly. The Isles of Scilly are an archipelago off the southwestern tip of the Cornish peninsula of Great Britain. The site is owned and managed by the Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust and is within the Isles of Scilly Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. First designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in 1971 for its range of wetland habitats; it is an important"
"St Mary's, Isles of Scilly St Mary's ( ""the mainland"") is the largest and most populous island of the Isles of Scilly, an archipelago off the southwest coast of Cornwall in England. St Mary's has an area of — 40 percent of the total land area of the Isles of Scilly — this includes four small tidal islands which connect with St Mary's at low tide: Toll’s Island, Taylor’s Island, Newford Island and the island at Innisidgen. With a population of 1,723 (out of a total population for Scilly of 2,203) St Mary's is relatively densely populated, with twice the"
"around the Isles of Scilly. ""The Riddle of Samson"", a novel by Andrew Garve (a pen name of Paul Winterton) is set mainly around the Isles of Scilly. In ""Jacob's Room"", by Virginia Woolf, the hero and a friend of his sail around the islands. The novels that make up ""The Cortes Trilogy"" by John Paul Davis take place in the Isles of Scilly. ""Stone In the Blood"" by Colin Jordan and David England is set on the islands both in 1974 and the Iron Age, when most of Scilly was still one joined landmass. Scilly is mentioned in the"
"Celtic Sea The Celtic Sea (; ; ; ; ) is the area of the Atlantic Ocean off the south coast of Ireland bounded to the east by Saint George's Channel; other limits include the Bristol Channel, the English Channel, and the Bay of Biscay, as well as adjacent portions of Wales, Cornwall, Devon, and Brittany. The southern and western boundaries are delimited by the continental shelf, which drops away sharply. The Isles of Scilly are an archipelago of small islands in the sea. The Celtic Sea receives its name from the Celtic heritage of the bounding lands to the"
"the largest island in the group after the submergence of the connecting lands. The islands are located to the south–east of St Martin’s, and are within the Isles of Scilly Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and part of the Scilly Heritage Coast. The Isles are not as exposed to gales as the Western Rocks and consequently the soils do not receive so much salt spray, and remnant habitats such as coastal grassland and maritime heath have survived the inundation of the sea. If the practice of summer grazing had continued there would be even more grassland instead of the dense"
"Lower Moors (St Mary's) The Lower Moors is a wetland between Hugh Town and Old Town Bay on St Mary's, the largest island in the Isles of Scilly. The Isles of Scilly are an archipelago off the southwestern tip of the Cornish peninsula of Great Britain. The site is owned and managed by the Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust and is within the Isles of Scilly Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. First designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in 1971 for its range of wetland habitats; it is an important feeding station for migrating and wintering birds"
"never recorded a temperature below freezing between May and November. All the islands of Scilly are all composed of granite rock of early Permian age, an exposed part of the Cornubian batholith. The Irish Sea Glacier terminated just to the north of the Isles of Scilly during the last Ice Age. Politically, the islands are part of England, one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. They are represented in the UK Parliament as part of the St Ives constituency. As part of the United Kingdom, the islands are part of the European Union and are represented in the"
"White Island, Isles of Scilly White Island (, ""facing the mainland"") is one of the larger unpopulated islands of the Isles of Scilly, part of the United Kingdom, and lies off the coast of the northernmost populated island of the group, St Martin's, to which it is joined by a tidal causeway, or isthmus. The island is designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and a Geological Conservation Review site and is managed by the Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust on behalf of the Duchy of Cornwall. Access to the island can be dangerous when the rocky causeway"
"Eastern Isles The Eastern Isles (, ""islands of the salt water downs"") are a group of twelve small uninhabited islands within the Isles of Scilly Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, part of the Scilly Heritage Coast and a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) first designated in 1971 for its flora and fauna. They have a long period of occupation from the Bronze Age with cairns and entrance graves through to Iron Age field systems and a Roman shrine on Nornour. Before the 19th century, the islands were known by their Cornish name, which had also become the name of"
"in the order used by Harris and Yalden (2008) ""Mammals of the British Isles Handbook"") Fauna of the Isles of Scilly The Isles of Scilly is an archipelago off Land's End, Cornwall. Little of the fauna on, above or in the seas surrounding the isles was described prior to the 19th century, when birds and fish started to be described. Most records of other animals date from the 20th century onwards. There are few pre-19th century records for animals. William Borlase published ""The Natural History of Cornwall"" in 1758, commenting on the number of rabbits, and Jonathan Couch's ""A Cornish"
"Spratly Islands The Spratly Islands ( , , , ) are a disputed group of islands, islets and cays and more than 100 reefs, sometimes grouped in submerged old atolls, in the South China Sea. The archipelago lies off the coasts of the Philippines, Malaysia, and southern Vietnam. Named after the 19th-century British whaling captain Richard Spratly who sighted Spratly Island in 1843, the islands contain less than of naturally occurring land area spread over an area of more than . The Spratlys are one of the major archipelagos in the South China Sea which complicate governance and economics in"
"Hósvík and ""Athena"" is allocated the MMSI number 231411000. On 27 October 2010, ""Athena"" was reported to be on fire in the Atlantic Ocean south west of the Isles of Scilly. The Maritime and Coastguard Agency at Falmouth were alerted to the ship's distress at 06:00 British Summer Time (05:00 UTC). The container ship went to her assistance. A Dassault Falcon 50 from France was despatched to co-ordinate communications between the ships and coastguard. A Sea King helicopter of 771 Naval Air Squadron, based at RNAS Culdrose, was scrambled to the Isles of Scilly, where it was refuelled and held"
"St Mary's Airport, Isles of Scilly St Mary's Airport or Isles of Scilly Airport is an airport located east of Hugh Town on St Mary's in the Isles of Scilly, to the south west of Cornwall, UK. It is the only airport serving the Isles of Scilly, handling all air traffic to and from the Islands. The airport is owned by the Duchy of Cornwall and currently is operated by the Council of the Isles of Scilly. On 15 September 1937, Olley Air Service's subsidiary Channel Air Ferries started the first scheduled service between Land's End and St Mary's, flying"
"Chicago's breweries that had burnt were never to reopen; Schlitz established a distribution point there and acquired a large part of the Chicago market. Schlitz perished along with 340 others in the wreck of the SS ""Schiller"" in thick fog off the Isles of Scilly on May 7, 1875. The islands lie 26 miles to the west of Cornwall, England. Schlitz was returning via New York and Hamburg to visit the country of his birth, Germany. His body was never recovered, but there is a cenotaph at Forest Home Cemetery, Milwaukee. Schlitz was a Freemason and was affiliated with Aurora"
"Scilly using several boats. The soundtrack from the Harry Potter films was used in these episodes. Filming took place in October 2008. First broadcast on Thursday 1 January 2009 at 20:00 – 3.70 million viewers Dara and Griff join Cornwall native Rory for a trip along the Cornish coast. Starting in Plymouth they are supposed to make their way to the Isles of Scilly. However they are hampered by Rory's lack of knowledge about boats in general leading them to borrowing and hitching a ride on various vessels from small rowing boats to a large tugboat as they make their"
"The Scilly naval disaster was one of the greatest maritime disasters in British history. It was largely as a result of this disaster that the Board of the Admiralty instituted a competition for a more precise method to determine longitude. ""Firebrand"" lies between the islands of St Agnes and the islet of Annet in position at a depth of 8 to 25 meters. The wreck was discovered in Smith Sound in 1982, and several items were recovered, including guns and anchors, a wooden ""nocturne"" (for the time at night), a bell and carved cherubs. In 2006, researchers and students from"
"deployment over the islands took nearly one year. Spratly Islands The Spratly Islands ( , , , ) are a disputed group of islands, islets and cays and more than 100 reefs, sometimes grouped in submerged old atolls, in the South China Sea. The archipelago lies off the coasts of the Philippines, Malaysia, and southern Vietnam. Named after the 19th-century British whaling captain Richard Spratly who sighted Spratly Island in 1843, the islands contain less than of naturally occurring land area spread over an area of more than . The Spratlys are one of the major archipelagos in the South"
"Council of the Isles of Scilly The Council of the Isles of Scilly is a sui generis unitary local government authority covering the Isles of Scilly off the west coast of Cornwall. It is currently made up of 16 seats, with all councillors being Independents as of 2 May 2013. The council was created in 1890 as the Isles of Scilly Rural District Council and was renamed in 1974. Historically, the Isles of Scilly were administered as one of the hundreds of Cornwall, although the Cornwall quarter sessions had limited jurisdiction there. For judicial purposes, shrievalty purposes, and lieutenancy purposes,"
"Western Rocks, Isles of Scilly The Western Rocks are a group of uninhabited islands and rocks in the south–western part of the Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom, and are renowned for the numerous shipwrecks in the area and the nearby Bishop Rock lighthouse. In 1971, the rocks and islands were designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest for their breeding sea birds. Landing on the islands is both difficult and discouraged and there are few published records of visits by naturalists. The islands are largely managed as nature reserves by the Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust, principally for breeding seabirds"
"Normandy, Isles of Scilly Normandy is a small settlement on the island of St Mary's, the largest of the Isles of Scilly, England. It is located in the east of the island, between Pelistry (to the north) and Porth Hellick (to the south) on the A3110 road. The Isles of Scilly's only public swimming pool is located here; it is covered. The settlement is otherwise largely residential, with houses and apartments lived in by permanent residents of the island. Close by is the island's main desalination works, which draws water in from the sea and purifies it for the public"
"Samson, Isles of Scilly Samson () is the largest uninhabited island of the Isles of Scilly, off the southwestern tip of the Cornish peninsula of Great Britain. It is in size. The island consists of two hills, North Hill and South Hill, which are connected by an isthmus on which the former inhabitants built many of their sturdy stone cottages. Samson was named after Samson of Dol. The twin hills of Samson were formerly associated with breasts, in a similar way to the Paps of Jura in Scotland and the Paps of Anu in Ireland. There are large ancient burial"
"Three Hundred and Thirty Five Years' War The Three Hundred and Thirty Five Years' War () was an alleged theoretical state of war between the Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly (located off the southwest coast of England). The truth that this war ever existed is disputed. It is said to have been extended by the lack of a peace treaty for 335 years without a single shot being fired, which would make it one of the world's longest wars and a bloodless war. Despite the uncertain validity of the declaration of war, and thus uncertainty about whether or not"
"great assistance that the Scillonians (inhabitants of the Scilly Isles) made to assist the mostly German people on board, orders were given in the two World Wars to spare the Isles of Scilly from being attacked by German forces. SS Schiller SS ""Schiller"" was a 3,421 ton German ocean liner, one of the largest vessels of her time. Launched in 1873, she her trade across the Atlantic Ocean, carrying passengers between New York and Hamburg for the German Transatlantic Steam Navigation Line. She became notorious on 7 May 1875, while operating on her normal route, when she hit the Retarrier"
"Rowley Shoals The Rowley Shoals is a group of three atoll-like coral reefs south of the Timor Sea, about west of Broome on the northwestern Australian coast, centered on , on the edge of one of the widest continental shelves in the world. Each atoll covers an area of around within the rim of the reef, including the lagoons, while the land areas are negligible. They belong to Western Australia. They all rise steeply from the surrounding ocean floor. To the northeast lie the Scott and Seringapatam Reefs which are located on the same undersea platform. The Rowley Shoals were"
"argues that no such war could have existed because the Isles were not an independent nation. The Netherlands could not sign a peace treaty with islands that are only a part of the United Kingdom. Three Hundred and Thirty Five Years' War The Three Hundred and Thirty Five Years' War () was an alleged theoretical state of war between the Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly (located off the southwest coast of England). The truth that this war ever existed is disputed. It is said to have been extended by the lack of a peace treaty for 335 years without"
"in 1974 and also in the Iron Age, where the hills are home to the community of Salt Crones. In the medieval story of Tristan and Isolde the island appears as the place where Tristan defeats and kills the giant Morolt, uncle of Isolde and brother-in-law of the King of Ireland The island also features in the Ann Bridge novel, ""The Dangerous Islands"". Samson, Isles of Scilly Samson () is the largest uninhabited island of the Isles of Scilly, off the southwestern tip of the Cornish peninsula of Great Britain. It is in size. The island consists of two hills,"
"Fauna of the Isles of Scilly The Isles of Scilly is an archipelago off Land's End, Cornwall. Little of the fauna on, above or in the seas surrounding the isles was described prior to the 19th century, when birds and fish started to be described. Most records of other animals date from the 20th century onwards. There are few pre-19th century records for animals. William Borlase published ""The Natural History of Cornwall"" in 1758, commenting on the number of rabbits, and Jonathan Couch's ""A Cornish Fauna"" gave an account of some the animals known in Cornwall and the Isles of"
"the Isles of Scilly. She was lifted off by a huge wave first, and Percy managed to steer his badly damaged ship along the southern side of the Western Rocks between St Agnes and Annet, but she foundered in Smith Sound, sinking close to Menglow Rock and losing 28 of her crew of 40. Percy and a group of his men managed to get ashore by boat, another five of the crew got ashore on pieces of wreckage. Three more ships (""Eagle"", ""Romney"" and Shovell's flagship ""Association"") also sank that night, bringing the total of sailors lost to nearly 2,000."
"are generally in smaller numbers. However the only colonies of kittiwakes in the county are to be found in west Penwith and the only breeding records of blue-headed and yellow wagtails are also from there. Because of the Gulf Stream, Scilly has a particularly mild climate - residents can grow sub-tropical plants there. Scilly is the first landing for many migrant birds, including extreme rarities from North America and Siberia. Scilly is situated far into the Atlantic Ocean, so many North American vagrant birds will make first European landfall in the archipelago. Scilly is responsible for many firsts for Britain,"
"Isles of Scilly Steamship Company The Isles of Scilly Steamship Company (ISSC) operates the principal shipping service from Penzance, in Cornwall, to the Isles of Scilly, located to the southwest. It provides a year-round cargo service together with a seasonal passenger service in summer. The name of the company's principal ferry, the ""Scillonian III"", is perhaps better known than that of the company itself. The company is based in the Isles of Scilly Travel Centre Penzance. It also owns Isles of Scilly Skybus Ltd, an operator of fixed-wing aircraft services to the Isles of Scilly, and sight seeing flights. In"