Gnomon Island

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
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.

See also

• List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from "Gnomon Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.