Eddystone Rock, Falklands Islands

Eddystone Rock, Falklands Islands

Infobox Falkland island




MapCaption=Eddystone Rock within the Falkland Islands
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english name= Eddystone Rock
spanish name= Roca Remolinos
former name=Isla (la) Concha
meaning of name= Spanish: Sealion Rock
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area rank=
highest elevation= Unit m|44|0
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Eddystone Rock (Spanish: "Roca Remolinos", meaning "sealion 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, and it is named after a more famous one of the same name in England.

Lieut. Lowcay during his 1837 survey of the Falkland Islands notes in his journal -

:"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."

References

* Southby-Tailyour, Ewen - "Falkland Island Shores"


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