Gnomon Island
  Location in Antarctica | |
| Geography | |
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| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 61°5′S 54°52′W / 61.083°S 54.867°WCoordinates: 61°5′S 54°52′W / 61.083°S 54.867°W |
| Country | |
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None | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | Uninhabited |
| Additional information | |
| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
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
- ↑ "Gnomon Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-04-26.
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