Blackstone Plain

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Satellite image of Saunders Island with Blackstone Plain in the north of the island

Coordinates: 57 ° 46 ′  S , 26 ° 30 ′  W

Relief Map: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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Blackstone Plain​
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South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

The Blackstone Plain ( English for Black Stone Plain ) is a small plain at the northern end of Saunders Island in the archipelago of the South Sandwich Islands . It's just south of Harper Point . It consists of dark basaltic lava and, as the crew of the British ship HMS Protector discovered in 1964 , is the only ice and snow-free area on the island.

The plane was given its descriptive name in 1971 by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee .

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