Plato Island
| Plato Island | ||
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| Waters | Weddell Sea | |
| Archipelago | Danger Islands | |
| Geographical location | 63 ° 26 ′ S , 54 ° 40 ′ W | |
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Plato Island (in Argentina Islote Plato , in the United Kingdom Platter Island , each translated mutatis mutandis serving plate island ) is a small island off the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located 1.5 km east of Darwin Island in the group of Danger Islands southeast of Joinville Island .
The island was given its descriptive name in 1978 by the Ministry of Defense of Argentina. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names transferred this designation in 1993 in a partial translation into English. In contrast, the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee decided on a full translation as early as 1982.
Web links
- Plato Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Plato Island on geographic.org (English)