Archipelago Pendulum Islands Highest elevation 602 m (1,975 ft) Elevation 602 m | Total islands 3 Population 0 Area 57.8 km² | |
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Location Greenland Sea, Eastern Greenland Major islands Sabine Island, Little Pendulum | ||
Little Pendulum Island (Danish: Lille Pedulum Ø) is an island in Eastern Greenland, in the Northeast Greenland National Park.
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Map of Little Pendulum Island, Greenland
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).
Geography
Little Pendulum Island is located to the north east of Wollaston Foreland, and to the south of Shannon Island. Together with Sabine Island (formerly Inner Pendulum Island) and an islet named Walrus Island (Danish: Hvalros Ø) south of Sabine, it constitutes the Pendulum Islands.
References
Little Pendulum Island Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA