Eddystone Rock, Falkland Islands
Eddystone Rock is a rock and reef located to the north of Falkland Sound in the Falkland Islands. It is 44 m high. There is a lighthouse here, which is named after a more famous light of the same name in England.
History
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".Lieut. Lowcay during his 1837 survey of the Falkland Islands noted in his journal: