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Island in Graham Land, Antarctica

Gnome Island
Gnome Island is located in AntarcticaGnome IslandGnome IslandLocation in Antarctica
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates67°33′S 66°50′W / 67.550°S 66.833°W / -67.550; -66.833
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

Gnome Island is a rocky island lying between the east end of Blaiklock Island and Thomson Head near the head of Bourgeois Fjord, off the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. It was first surveyed in 1949 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, and so named by them because of the resemblance of the island to a small gnomelike creature rising from the sea.

See also

References

  1. "Gnome Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 26 April 2012.

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


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