Salisbury Plain, South Georgia

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120,000 King Penguins on Salisbury Plain (Aptenodytes patagonicus).
120,000 King Penguins on Salisbury Plain (Aptenodytes patagonicus).

Salisbury Plain (54°3′S, 37°21′W) is an area on the main island of South Georgia, on the north coast. Over 200,000 king penguins breed here, and this is what the area is best known for.

It is a small plain lying between the mouths of Grace and Lucas Glaciers on the north coast of South Georgia. The name appears to be first used on a 1931 British Admiralty chart.

This article incorporates text from Salisbury Plain, South Georgia, in the Geographic Names Information System, operated by the United States Geological Survey, and therefore a public domain work of the United States Government.

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