Arms of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Asphyxia Plain

(Zavodovski Island)

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Location: 56° 17' 52" S 27° 33' 59" W
Low-lying plain that dominates Zavodovski Island, South Sandwich Islands and supports approximately 1 million breeding pairs of Chinstrap penguins (Pygoscelis antarctica). Named in reference to Mount Asphyxia following surveys from HMS Protector in 1962 and 1964, and named in reference to the smell of the volcanic fumes emitted from an active crater south-west of the summit.