Little Pendulum Island

Little Pendulum Island
Native name:
Lille Pedulum Ø
Little Pendulum Island is located in Greenland
Little Pendulum Island
Little Pendulum Island
Geography
LocationGreenland Sea, Eastern Greenland
Coordinates74°40′N 18°28′W / 74.667°N 18.467°W / 74.667; -18.467
ArchipelagoPendulum Islands
Total islands3
Major islandsSabine Island, Little Pendulum
Area57.8 km2 (22.3 sq mi)
Highest elevation602 m (1975 ft)
Administration
Greenland
Demographics
Population0

Little Pendulum Island (Danish: Lille Pedulum Ø) is an island in Eastern Greenland, in the Northeast Greenland National Park.

History

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The island was named by Douglas Charles Clavering’s 1823 expedition, during which the Irish scientist Edward Sabine swung the pendulum on the largest of the islands (Sabine Island).[1]

Geography

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Little Pendulum Island is located to the north east of Wollaston Foreland, and to the south of Shannon Island.[2] Together with Sabine Island (formerly Inner Pendulum Island) and an islet named Walrus Island (Danish: Hvalros Ø) south of Sabine,[3] it constitutes the Pendulum Islands.

19th-century map of the Pendulum Islands. 2nd German Polar Expedition 1869–70.

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