Little Pendulum Island

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

"Pendulum Islands" redirects here. For the other island of the group, see Sabine Island.
Little Pendulum Island
Native name:
Lille Pedulum Ø
Little Pendulum Island
Geography
LocationGreenland Sea, Eastern Greenland
Coordinates74°40′N 18°28′W
ArchipelagoPendulum Islands
Total islands3
Major islandsSabine Island, Little Pendulum
Area57.8 km2 (22.3 sq mi)
Highest elevation602 m (1975 ft)
Administration
Greenland
Demographics
Population0

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.

19th-century map of the Pendulum Islands. 2nd German Polar Expedition 1869–70.

See also

References
  1. Wordie, J.M. (1927) The Cambridge Expedition to East Greenland in 1926. Geographical Journal 70 (3): 225-265
  2. GoogleEarth
  3. Hvalros Ø
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