Blackstone Plain
Blackstone Plain is a small plain just south of Harper Point at the north end of Saunders Island, South Sandwich Islands. This lowland feature is made up of dark basaltic lavas and, in 1964, personnel from HMS Protector found it to be the only area of the island free from ice and snow.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Saunders Island and Mount Michael.
Saunders Island
Island
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
Saunders Island is a crescent-shaped island lying between Candlemas Island and Montagu Island in the South Sandwich Islands, a British Overseas Territory in the southern Atlantic Ocean. Saunders Island is situated 3½ km southeast of Blackstone Plain.
Mount Michael
Volcano
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
Mount Michael is an active stratovolcano on Saunders Island in the remote South Sandwich Islands of the South Atlantic Ocean. It is one of only a few volcanoes on Earth confirmed to host a persistent lava lake within its summit crater. Mount Michael is situated 4 km south of Blackstone Plain.
Blackstone Plain
- Type: Rock
- Also known as: “Blackstone plain”
- Categories: plain and landform
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-57.76811° or 57° 46′ 5″ southLongitude
-26.48926° or 26° 29′ 21″ westElevation
311 metres (1,020 feet)Open location code
39JM6GJ6+Q7OpenStreetMap ID
way 1317725536OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bare_rock
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Satellite Map
Discover Blackstone Plain from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Blackstone Plain” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “布萊克斯通平原”
- German: “Blackstone Plain”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Blackstone Plain”
- Spanish: “Llanura de Piedras Negras”
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Highlights include Brothers Rocks and Old crater.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Blackstone Plain”. Photo: Brian Gratwicke, CC BY 2.0.