Eddystone_Rock,_Falkland_Islands

Eddystone Rock, Falkland Islands

Eddystone Rock, Falkland Islands

Island in Falkland Islands

Eddystone Rock (Spanish: Roca Remolinos, meaning "Eddies Rock") is a rock and reef located to the north of Falkland Sound in the Falkland Islands. It is 44 m (144 ft) high. There is a lighthouse here, which is named after a more famous light of the same name in England.

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History

Some of the first people to sight the rock were the crew of Louis Antoine de Bougainville's ship, who named it the "Tower of Bissy".[1]

Lieut. Lowcay during his 1837 survey of the Falkland Islands noted in his journal:[2]

Sunday, 10 Dec...At 8 a.m. observed the Eddystone; this remarkable rock lies off the entrance of Falkland Sound and making it from the eastward it has the appearance of a round island, and from the westward it looks like a sail.

Notes

  1. [1]
    Cawkell, p22
  2. [2]
    Southby-Tailyour

References

  • Cawkell, Mary The History of the Falkland Islands (Anthony Nelson, Oswestry, Shropshire, England, 2001, ISBN 0-904614-55-7)
  • Southby-Tailyour, Ewen - Falkland Island Shores
  • Toponymy of Falklands
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