Horse Block Explained

Horse Block
Type:	Island
Pushpin Map:	Falkland Islands
Pushpin Map Caption:	Horse Block shown within the Falkland Islands
Coordinates:	-51.9409°N -61.1144°W
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	Falkland Islands
Subdivision Type1:	Island group
Seat Type:	Main settlement
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.

The Horse Block is a sea stack of the Falkland Islands.^[1] It is situated off the southwest coast of Weddell Island, 1.8 km southwest of Pillar Bluff.

Geology

Sea stacks are particularly common along the west of the Falklands due to the tidal swell, and the erosive, battering action of the Falkland Current.

The stack is named for its resemblance to a horse in silhouette.

B. Stonehouse (ed.). Encyclopedia of Antarctica and the Southern Oceans. Chichester, West Sussex: John Wiley & Sons, 2002. 404 pp.
C.H. Barnard. A Narrative of the Sufferings and Adventures of Capt. Charles H. Barnard, in a Recent Voyage Round the World, Including an Account of His Residence for Two Years on An Uninhabited Island. New York: J.P. Callender, 1836
P.P. King and R. Fitzroy. The South America Pilot. Part II. From the Rio de la Plata to the Bay of Panama, including Magellan Strait, the Falkland, and Galapagos Islands. Fifth Edition. London: Printed for the Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, 1860. pp. 116–118