Salisbury Plain
Salisbury Plain is a broad coastal plain found with the Bay of Isles on the north coast of South Georgia. It lies between the mouths of Grace and Lucas glaciers on the southern coast of the bay, with Mount Ashley south of it.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Plain
- Description: coastal plain in South Georgia
- Also known as: “Salisbury Plain, South Georgia”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dot Island and Tern Island.
Dot Island
Islet
Dot Island in the sub-Antarctic is a tiny island lying 0.6 nautical miles west of Tern Island in the south part of the Bay of Isles, South Georgia. It was first charted by Robert Cushman Murphy in 1912–13 and surveyed in 1929–30 by Discovery Investigations personnel, who probably so named it because of its size and minute appearance when represented on charts.
Tern Island
Islet
Tern Island in the south part of the Bay of Isles, South Georgia is a small, tussock-covered island lying 1.6 km south of Albatross Island and 10 km east of Dot Island.
Albatross Island
Island
Albatross Island is an small islet located 2 miles southeast of Cape Buller in the Bay of Isles. It is part of South Georgia, a British Overseas Territory to the east of Falkland Islands. Albatross Island is situated 3 km north of Salisbury Plain.
Salisbury Plain
- Categories: plain and landform
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Salisbury Plain” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “索爾茲伯里平原”
- French: “Salisbury Plain”
- German: “Salisbury Plain”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Salisbury Plain”
- Norwegian: “Salisbury Plain”
- Portuguese: “Planície Salisbury”
- Spanish: “Llanura de Salisbury”
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Localities in the Area
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Highlights include Start Point and Ample Bay.
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