Feature Name (see definition): Breakbones Plateau

Feature Class (see definition): Plain

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 1870

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 57° 04' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 026° 41' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -57.0666667

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -26.6833333

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1972

Description (see definition): A small lava plateau just N of Chimaera Flats in Candlemas Island, South Sandwich Islands. The feature is an interesting biological area containing numerous small fumaroles with attendant vegetation. The name applied by UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) in 1971 refers to the difficulty of travel and to the presence of a large breeding colony of Giant Petrels (Macronectes giganteus), sometimes known as Breakbones.

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