Breakbones plateau
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| location | Candlemas Island ( South Sandwich Islands ) | |
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| Coordinates | 57 ° 5 ′ S , 26 ° 44 ′ W | |
The Breakbones Plateau is a small plateau made of lava rocks on Candlemas Island in the archipelago of the South Sandwich Islands . It is just north of the Chimaera Flats . The plateau is characterized by numerous small fumaroles with adjacent vegetation.
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the plateau in 1971 after the brooding here giant petrels , which in English sometimes referred to as Break Bones ( English for Bonecrusher are) known.
Web links
- Breakbones Plateau in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Breakbones Plateau on geographic.org (English)