Little Pendulum Island Explained

Little Pendulum Island
Native Name:Lille Pedulum Ø
Native Name Link:Danish language
Map:Greenland
Location:Greenland Sea, Eastern Greenland
Coordinates:74.6667°N -46°W
Archipelago:Pendulum Islands
Total Islands:3
Major Islands:Sabine Island, Little Pendulum
Area Km2:57.8
Elevation M:602
Country:Greenland
Population:0

Little Pendulum Island (Danish: Lille Pedulum Ø) is an island in Eastern Greenland, in the Northeast Greenland National Park.

History

The island was named by Douglas Charles Clavering’s 1823 expedition, during which the Irish scientist Edward Sabine swung the pendulum on the largest of the islands (Sabine Island).[1]

Geography

Little Pendulum Island is located to the north east of Wollaston Foreland, and to the south of Shannon Island.[2] Together with Sabine Island (formerly Inner Pendulum Island) and an islet named Walrus Island (Danish: Hvalros Ø) south of Sabine,[3] it constitutes the Pendulum Islands.

See also

Notes and References

  1. https://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1781943 Wordie, J.M. (1927) The Cambridge Expedition to East Greenland in 1926. Geographical Journal 70 (3): 225-265
  2. [GoogleEarth]
  3. http://mapcarta.com/17866264 Hvalros Ø