Eddystone Rock | |
Type: | Island |
Native Name: | Roca Remolinos |
Native Name Lang: | es |
Other Name: | Former name: Isla (la) Concha |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Eddystone Rock shown within the Falkland Islands |
Coordinates: | -51.11°N -59.03°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Falkland Islands |
Subdivision Type1: | Island group |
Named For: | Spanish: Eddies Rock |
Seat Type: | Main settlement |
Elevation Max M: | 44 |
Population Total: | 0 |
Population As Of: | 2001 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | FKST |
Utc Offset1: | −3 |
Footnotes: | If shown, area and population ranks are for all islands and all inhabited islands in the Falklands respectively. |
Eddystone Rock (Spanish; Castilian: 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.
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]