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]

Gnomon Island
South Shetland Islands
Gnomon Island is located in Antarctic Peninsula
Gnomon Island
Gnomon Island
Location of Gnomon Island
Gnomon Island is located in Antarctica
Gnomon Island
Gnomon Island
Gnomon Island (Antarctica)
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates61°5′S 54°52′W / 61.083°S 54.867°W / -61.083; -54.867
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

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References

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  1. ^ "Gnomon Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 26 April 2012.

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