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 |
| 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, 1914–1916, 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]
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[edit]- ^ "Gnomon Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 26 April 2012.
This article incorporates public domain material from "Gnomon Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
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