Eddystone Rock ( es, Roca Remolinos, meaning "

Eddies In fluid dynamics, an eddy is the swirling of a fluid and the reverse current created when the fluid is in a turbulent flow regime. The moving fluid creates a space devoid of downstream-flowing fluid on the downstream side of the object. Fluid b ...

Rock") is a rock and reef located to the north of

Falkland Sound The Falkland Sound ( es, Estrecho de San Carlos) is a sea strait in the Falkland Islands. Running southwest-northeast, it separates West and East Falkland. Name The sound was named by John Strong in 1690 for Viscount Falkland, the name only l ...

in the

Falkland Islands The Falkland Islands (; es, Islas Malvinas, link=no ) is an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean on the Patagonian Shelf. The principal islands are about east of South America's southern Patagonian coast and about from Cape Dubouze ...

. 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 England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...

History

Some of the first people to sight the rock were the crew of

Louis Antoine de Bougainville Louis-Antoine, Comte de Bougainville (, , ; 12 November 1729 – August 1811) was a French admiral and explorer. A contemporary of the British explorer James Cook, he took part in the Seven Years' War in North America and the American Revolutio ...

's ship, who named it the "Tower of Bissy". Lieut. Lowcay during his 1837 survey of the Falkland Islands noted 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."Southby-Tailyour

Notes

References

* Cawkell, Mary ''The History of the Falkland Islands'' (Anthony Nelson, Oswestry, Shropshire, England, 2001, ) * Southby-Tailyour, Ewen - ''Falkland Island Shores''
Toponymy of Falklands
Islands of the Falkland Islands {{Falklands-geo-stub