Eddystone may refer to:
Places
;Antarctica
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Eddystone Rocks (South Shetland Islands)
Eddystone Rocks is a group of two rocks (the north one being the larger) lying to the northwest of Rugged Island off western Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.
The feature was charted and named in 1821 by Robert Filde ...
;Australia
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Eddystone (Tasmania)
Eddystone is a tower-shaped rock or small island, located in the Southern Ocean, off the southern coast of Tasmania, Australia. The island is situated approximately from the South East Cape on a bearing of 149° and is contained within the S ...
, off the south coast of Tasmania
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Eddystone Point
Eddystone Point lies on the north-east coast of Tasmania, Australia at 40.994 S/148.349 E.
History
The first European to sight Eddystone Point was the Dutch navigator, Abel Tasman. In December 1642, Tasman sailed along the entire east coast of ...
, on the northeast coast of Tasmania
;Falkland Islands
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Eddystone Rock, Falklands Islands
Eddystone Rock ( es, 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 lig ...
;Solomon Islands
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Simbo
Simbo is an island in Solomon Islands; it is located in the Western Province. It was known to early Europeans as Eddystone Island.
Geography
Simbo is actually two main islands, one small island called Nusa Simbo separated by a saltwater lagoon fr ...
, formerly Eddystone Island
;United Kingdom
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Eddystone Rocks
The Eddystone or Eddystone Rocks are a seaswept and eroded group of rocks ranging southwest of Rame Head in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Although the nearest point on the mainland to the Eddystone is in Cornwall, the rocks fall within the ...
, Devon
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Eddystone Lighthouse
The Eddystone Lighthouse is a lighthouse that is located on the dangerous Eddystone Rocks, south of Rame Head in Cornwall, England. The rocks are submerged below the surface of the sea and are composed of Precambrian gneiss. View at 1:50000 ...
, Devon
;United States
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Eddystone, Pennsylvania
Eddystone is a borough in Delaware County, Pennsylvania. The population was 2,410 at the 2010 census.
History
The area at the mouth of Ridley Creek was first called "Tequirassy" by Native Americans. The land was owned by Olof Persson Stille, o ...
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Eddystone station
Eddystone station is a station along the SEPTA Wilmington/Newark Line and Amtrak Northeast Corridor. Amtrak does not stop here, only SEPTA serves this station. Eddystone is a borough in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States.
The area ...
, a SEPTA station
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New Eddystone Rock
New Eddystone Rock an Alaskan island located in Behm Canal, about east of Ketchikan. It is a pillar of basalt.
Geology
During the last ice age, Southeast Alaska was covered by a thick ice sheet. The weight of the ice pressed down and compress ...
, Alaska
Other uses
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Eddystone (Google) Eddystone was a Bluetooth Low Energy beacon profile released by Google in July 2015. In December 2018 Google stopped delivering both Eddystone and Physical Web beacon notifications. The Apache 2.0-licensed, cross-platform, and versioned profile co ...
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Eddystone Building
The Eddystone Building is a former hotel located in Midtown Detroit, Michigan, at 100-118 Sproat Street. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.
History
Usage as a hotel until the 1990s
The Eddystone is one of three ...
, Detroit, Michigan
* – a ship launched at Hull in 1802 that was wrecked in 1843.
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''Eddystone'' (HBC vessel), operated by the HBC from 1807 to 1823, see
Hudson's Bay Company vessels
* ''Eddystone'', an
Armstrong Whitworth Ensign
The Armstrong Whitworth A.W.27 Ensign was a British four-engine monoplane airliner and the largest airliner built in Britain during the Interwar period.Tapper, 1988, p.237
The British airline Imperial Airways requested tenders for a large monop ...
aircraft
See also
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