Horse Block
Island in Falkland Islands
51°56′27″S 61°06′52″W / 51.940944°S 61.114444°W / -51.940944; -61.114444The 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.
Maps
- The Falkland Islands. Scale 1:401280 map. London: Edward Stanford, 1901
- Falkland Islands Explorer Map. Scale 1:365000. Ocean Explorer Maps, 2007
- Falklands Topographic Map Series. Scale 1:50000, 29 sheets. DOS 453, 1961-1979
- Falkland Islands. Scale 1:643000 Map. DOS 906. Edition 3-OS, 1998
- Map 500k--xm20-4. 1:500000 map of Weddell Island and part of West Falkland. Russian Army Maps (for the world)
- Approaches to the Falkland Islands. Scale 1:1500000 chart. Gps Nautical Charts, 2010
- Illustrated Map of Weddell Island
Gallery
- Old map of Weddell Island featuring Horse Block
- Map of Weddell Island
Notes
- ^ Strange, Ian (1983) The Falkland Islands
References
- B. Stonehouse (ed.). Encyclopedia of Antarctica and the Southern Oceans. Chichester, West Sussex: John Wiley & Sons, 2002. 404 pp. ISBN 978-0-471-98665-2
- 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
External links
- Weddell Island Official Website
- Weddell Island from space. NASA Johnson Space Center, 30 April 2005
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