Gnomon Island

Gnomon Island (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) 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

• List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Gnomon Island" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).