Plog Island

Plog Island is an island 1.9 kilometres long in Prydz Bay, 0.93 kilometres north of Lake Island and 0.93 kilometres west of Breidnes Peninsula, Vestfold Hills.

Type: Island
Description: island 1.9 km long in Prydz Bay, north of Lake Island and west of Breidnes Peninsula, Vestfold Hills
Also known as: “Plough Island”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lake Island and Lugg Island.

Peak

Lake Island is a small island between Plog Island and Flutter Island, lying in Prydz Bay just west of Breidnes Peninsula, Vestfold Hills. It was mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936–37.

Islet

Lugg Island is a small island in the Donskiye Islands group lying 2 km north-west of Lake Island, off the west end of Breidnes Peninsula, Vestfold Hills, Antarctica.

Peak

Flutter Island is an irregular-shaped island, almost cut in two, lying in Prydz Bay between Trigwell Island and Breidnes Peninsula, near the Vestfold Hills of Antarctica.

Latitude

-68.53311° or 68° 31′ 59″ south

Longitude

78.01058° or 78° 0′ 38″ east

Elevation

54 metres (177 feet)

Open location code

3J3WF286+Q6

OpenStreetMap ID

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=coastline

OpenStreetMap feature

place=island

GeoNames ID

Wikidata ID

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