Gnomon Island

Gnomon Island

Gnomon Island Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	61°5′S 54°52′W / 61.083°S 54.867°W / -61.083; -54.867Coordinates: 61°5′S 54°52′W / 61.083°S 54.867°W / -61.083; -54.867
Administration
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

• List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Gnomon Island" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).