Eddystone Rock (, 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 ...
Rock") is a rock and reef located to the north of
Falkland Sound
The Falkland Sound () 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 later being applied to th ...
in the
Falkland Islands
The Falkland Islands (; ), commonly referred to as The Falklands, 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 from Cape Dub ...
. 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
Louis-Antoine, Comte de Bougainville (; 12 November 1729 – 31 August 1811) was a French military officer and explorer. A contemporary of the British explorer James Cook, he served in the Seven Years' War and the American Revolutionary War. B ...
's ship, who named it the "Tower of Bissy".
Lieut. Lowcay during his 1837 survey of the Falkland Islands noted in his journal:
[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
Individual rocks
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