Gnomon Island
Island on Elephant island in Shetland Islands, United Kingdom / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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Location | Antarctica |
Coordinates | 61°5′S 54°52′W |
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Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
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Population | Uninhabited |
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