Name details

The Gnomon

The Gnomon (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

The Gnomon  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 138324

Feature type: Island

Origin

This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

Conspicuous small, steep, rocky island to the north of Point Wild, Elephant Island. The name was first applied on a sketch map from Shackleton’s Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1914-16; twenty-one men from the expedition camped at Point Wild for four months until rescued in August 1916. Named descriptively; a gnomon is the blade of a sundial.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
61° 05' 47.0" S
-61.09639°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
54° 51' 33.0" W
-54.85917°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Unknown
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

request by Adrian Fox, June 2018

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
14-Apr-2016

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