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'''Eddystone Rock''' is a rock and reef located to the north of [[Falkland Sound]] in the [[Falkland Islands]]. It is 144&nbsp;feet high. There is a lighthouse here, and it is named after a more famous [[Eddystone Rock]] off the coasts of [[Cornwall]] and [[Devon]]. 

==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".<ref>Cawkell, p22</ref>

Lieut. Lowcay during his 1837 survey of the Falkland Islands notes 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.''<ref>Southby-Tailyour</ref>

==References==
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*Cawkell, Mary ''The History of the Falkland Islands'' (Anthony Nelson, Oswestry, Shropshire, England, 2001, ISBN 0-904614-55-7)
*Southby-Tailyour, Ewen - ''Falkland Island Shores'' 
*[http://www.pcgn.org.uk/Falkland%20Islands-July2006.pdf Toponymy of Falklands]

[[Category:Rocks and skerries of the Falkland Islands]]