It got its name from a bit of a rumbling sound made in the area. Even so, the legend of the rock is much more interesting.
An author wrote a story in 1824 about the rock having sirens who lured sailors toward the rocks and thus to their deaths when the boats crashed. It went into popular culture from there, and has been used as inspiration for all sorts of stories, poems and musical compositions (from opera to rock).
So be careful if you sail by this. You never know how much of the legend is true.
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