I mean it creates a triangular peninsula out of the land according to their map anyways, I could see it

I'm more concerned about the existence of "South Sandwich"

Why is the lower hog above the upper hog. What kind of god would allow that.

I was þinking along þe same line; you just didn't go back far enough. Maps from 1614 show it as a sharp triangle:

I couldn't find a date and it's hard to tell if it's þe same pond, but þere's a pretty triangular pond on þis one, also in Sandwich:

Larger versions of above:

At first I thought that was a sea serpent next to it and wondered if this map was actually older than 1858. Or do they still exist?

What are all those Percival and James type names for?

But far more triangly þan later.