Antarctica

Deception Island

Deception Island is in the close to the with a large and usually "safe" natural harbour, which is occasionally affected by the underlying active volcano.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: Antarctic island
  • Also known as: “Decepcion, isla” and “Decepción, isla”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Relict Lake and Crimson Hill.

Lake
is a small lying southeast of on Deception Island, in the . So named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1957 because when Lieutenant E.N.

Peak
is a prominent, ice-free hill, 95 metres high, on the south side of , Deception Island, in the . It was so named in 1829 by the British expedition under Foster, because there was a prominent stratum of brickstone in the hill.

Peak
is a rocky, ice-free hill, 105 m in height, standing north of on Deception Island, in the of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Aguirre Cerda Research Station.

Locality
Photo: Jorval, Public domain.
President Pedro Aguirre Cerda Station was a Chilean Antarctic base, located at in Deception Island in the , inaugurated in 1955.

Deception Island

Latitude
-62.95794° or 62° 57′ 29″ south
Longitude
-60.62025° or 60° 37′ 13″ west
Open location code
379X29RH+RW
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1325986361
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
6631955
Wiki­data ID
Q1045820
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Satellite Map

Discover Deception Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Ukrainian—“Deception Island” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Deception-eiland”
  • Afrikaans: “Deceptioneiland”
  • Arabic: “جزيرة ديسبشن”
  • Armenian: “Խաբեության կղզի”
  • Azerbaijani: “Desepşen”
  • Basque: “Deception uhartea”
  • Bulgarian: “Дисепшън”
  • Catalan: “illa Decepció”
  • Catalan: “Illa Decepció”
  • Catalan: “Illa Decepción”
  • Catalan: “Illa Deception”
  • Cebuano: “Decepción”
  • Chinese: “迪塞普遜島”
  • Czech: “Deception Island”
  • Dutch: “Decepción”
  • Dutch: “Deception”
  • Esperanto: “Deception”
  • French: “Ile de la Deception”
  • French: “île de la Déception”
  • French: “Île de la Déception”
  • Galician: “Illa Decepción”
  • German: “Deception Island”
  • Hausa: “Tsibirin Yaudara”
  • Hebrew: “דספשן”
  • Hindi: “धोखे का द्वीप”
  • Italian: “Deception Island”
  • Italian: “isola Deception”
  • Italian: “Isola Deception”
  • Japanese: “デセプション島”
  • Korean: “디셉션섬”
  • Latvian: “Disepšena”
  • Macedonian: “Дисепшен”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Deception Island”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Deceptionøya”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Deception Island”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Deceptionøya”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Pendulum Cove”
  • Norwegian: “Deceptionøya”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Isla Decepcion”
  • Polish: “Deception Island”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha Decepção”
  • Russian: “Десепшен”
  • Russian: “Остров Десепшен”
  • Russian: “Остров Тейля”
  • Russian: “Тейля”
  • Slovak: “Deception Island”
  • Spanish: “Decepción, Isla”
  • Spanish: “Isla Decepcion”
  • Spanish: “Isla Decepción”
  • Swedish: “Decepción”
  • Swedish: “Deception Island”
  • Thai: “เกาะดีเซปชัน”
  • Turkish: “Deception Adası”
  • Ukrainian: “Десепшен”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include ASPA-140G Pendulum Cove and ASPA-140K Ronald Hill to Kroner Lake.

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