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.Photo: Pismire, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Locality
- 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. Dot Island is situated 2½ km north of Salisbury Plain.
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. Tern Island is situated 2½ km north of Salisbury Plain.
Grace Glacier
Glacier
The Bay of Isles is a bay 9 miles wide and 3 miles deep, lying between Cape Buller and Cape Wilson along the north coast of South Georgia. It was discovered in 1775 by a British expedition under James Cook and so named by him because numerous islands lie in the bay. Grace Glacier is situated 4 km southwest of Salisbury Plain.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Peggotty Bluff.
Peggotty Bluff
Locality
King Haakon Bay, or King Haakon Sound, is an inlet on the southern coast of the island of South Georgia. The inlet is approximately 13 km long and 4 km wide. Peggotty Bluff is situated 9 km southeast of Salisbury Plain.
Salisbury Plain
- Category: plain
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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Latitude
-54.06934° or 54° 4′ 10″ southLongitude
-37.34007° or 37° 20′ 24″ westOpen location code
39Q4WMJ5+7XOpenStreetMap ID
node 831220257OpenStreetMap feature
place=localityWikidata ID
Q1799654
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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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