Nautical names

[Goose]

I was wondering how rocks, ledges ect. got their names. Most rocks look nothing like they are called...could there be a story for every name on a chart?

[Nebe]

sow and pigs is named after a schooner laiden with iron ingots that went down on the reef- large ingots of that time were called pigs and smaller ones were called sows- i guess the bottom is littered with them.

[striprman]

Cleveland Ledge in Buzzards Bay was named after Grover Cleveland

http://lighthouse.cc/clevelandledge/history.html

[MrHunters]

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not sur if anyone has said it but

holy bloofish batman!

striprman, you definetly get the trophy for sig pics