Seven Stones reef
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Seven Stones reef is a rocky reef
at 50° 03' North, 6° 04' West to the west of Land's End
and the north east of the Isles of Scilly
, Cornwall
, UK.
The reef is a navigation
al hazard for shipping which has caused many shipwreck
s including the Torrey Canyon
. There is a lightship
located nearby to mark the position of the reef.
It is the presumed site of the mythical City of Lions of the sunken lands of the Lyonesse
.
Reef
In nautical terminology, a reef is a rock, sandbar, or other feature lying beneath the surface of the water ....
at 50° 03' North, 6° 04' West to the west of Land's End
Land's End
Land's End is a headland and small settlement in west Cornwall, England, within the United Kingdom. It is located on the Penwith peninsula approximately eight miles west-southwest of Penzance....
and the north east of the Isles of Scilly
Isles of Scilly
The Isles of Scilly form an archipelago off the southwestern tip of the Cornish peninsula of Great Britain. The islands have had a unitary authority council since 1890, and are separate from the Cornwall unitary authority, but some services are combined with Cornwall and the islands are still part...
, Cornwall
Cornwall
Cornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, within the United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of , and covers an area of...
, UK.
The reef is a navigation
Navigation
Navigation is the process of monitoring and controlling the movement of a craft or vehicle from one place to another. It is also the term of art used for the specialized knowledge used by navigators to perform navigation tasks...
al hazard for shipping which has caused many shipwreck
Shipwreck
A shipwreck is what remains of a ship that has wrecked, either sunk or beached. Whatever the cause, a sunken ship or a wrecked ship is a physical example of the event: this explains why the two concepts are often overlapping in English....
s including the Torrey Canyon
Torrey Canyon
The Torrey Canyon was a supertanker capable of carrying a cargo of 120,000 tons of crude oil, which was shipwrecked off the western coast of Cornwall, England in March 1967 causing an environmental disaster...
. There is a lightship
Sevenstones Lightship
The Sevenstones Lightship is moored off the Seven Stones reef approximately 10 miles North East of the Isles of Scilly.-External links:**...
located nearby to mark the position of the reef.
It is the presumed site of the mythical City of Lions of the sunken lands of the Lyonesse
Lyonesse
Lyonesse is a country in Arthurian legend, particularly in the story of Tristan and Iseult. Said to border Cornwall, it is most notable as the home of the hero Tristan, whose father was king...
.