Salisbury Plain (Spanish:Llanura de Salisbury) (54°3′S37°21′W / 54.050°S 37.350°W /-54.050; -37.350) is a broadcoastal plain found with theBay of Isles on the north coast ofSouth Georgia. It lies between the mouths ofGrace andLucasglaciers on the southern coast of the bay, withMount Ashley south of it.^[1] Best known as the breeding site for as many as 60,000king penguins, its beaches are also covered with manysouthern elephant seals andAntarctic fur seals.^[2]

American ornithologistRobert Cushman Murphy made the first detailed study of the birds in the area in 1912–13. He named nearby Grace Glacier after his wife.^[3]

The name appears to have been first used on a 1931British Admiralty chart.

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