Plaice Island

Island in Graham Land, Antarctica

Plaice Island

Plaice Island

Location in Antarctica

Geography
Location| Antarctica
Coordinates| 66°1′S 65°27′W﻿ / ﻿66.017°S 65.450°W﻿ / -66.017; -65.450
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population| Uninhabited

Plaice Island is an island lying west of Mackerel Island in the Fish Islands, off the west coast of Graham Land. Charted by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill, 1934–37. So named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1959 because it is one of the Fish Islands.

## See also

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* List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands

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