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Gnomon Island

South Shetland Islands
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Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	61°5′S 54°52′W / 61.083°S 54.867°W / -61.083; -54.867
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.