Plato Island

Plato Island is a small island lying 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) east of Darwin Island in the Danger Islands. The descriptive name Islote Plato (plate island) was given by Ministerio de Defensa, Argentina, 1977. The term island is appropriate and replaces "islote" (islet) in the name approved by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1993.

See also
  • List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands

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