Gnomon Island

Gnomon Island
South Shetland Islands
Gnomon Island
Location of Gnomon Island
Gnomon Island
Gnomon Island (Antarctica)
Geography
Location Antarctica
Coordinates 61°5′S 54°52′W / 61.083°S 54.867°W / -61.083; -54.867Coordinates: 61°5′S 54°52′W / 61.083°S 54.867°W / -61.083; -54.867
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population Uninhabited

Gnomon Island is a small rocky island lying just north of Point Wild, on Elephant Island in the South Shetland Islands. It was charted by Ernest Shackleton's Endurance expedition, 1914–16, and so named by them because when viewed from Point Wild the shape of the feature is suggestive of a gnomon, the elevated arm of a sundial.[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Gnomon Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-04-26.

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