Deception Island
Deception Island is in the South Shetland Islands close to the Antarctic Peninsula with a large and usually "safe" natural harbour, which is occasionally affected by the underlying active volcano.
- Island
- …lies at an elevation of around 600 metres (1,980 feet)
- …is also known as “Decepción, isla”
- Description: Antarctic island
Places of Interest Nearby
Discover Relict Lake and Crimson Hill.
Relict Lake
Lake
Relict Lake is a small lake lying southeast…
Crimson Hill
Peak
Crimson Hill is a prominent, ice-free hill, 95 metres…
Ronald Hill
Peak
Ronald Hill is a rocky, ice-free hill, 105…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aguirre Cerda Research Station.
Aguirre Cerda Research Station
President Pedro Aguirre Cerda Station was a Chilean…
Deception Island
- Categories
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-62.95794° or 62° 57′ 29″ south
Longitude
-60.62025° or 60° 37′ 13″ west
Open location code
379X29RH+RW
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = island
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
Satellite Map
See this place from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Urdu—“Deception Island” goes by many names.
Deception-eilandAfrikaans
جزيرة ديسبشنArabic
Խաբեության կղզիArmenian
DesepşenAzerbaijani
Deception uharteaBasque
ДисепшънBulgarian
Illa DecepcióCatalan
Illa DecepciónCatalan
Illa DeceptionCatalan
DecepciónCebuano
迪塞普申岛Chinese
Deception IslandCzech
DecepciónDutch
DeceptionDutch
DeceptionEsperanto
Illa DecepciónGalician
Tsibirin YaudaraHausa
דספשןHebrew
धोखे का द्वीपHindi
Deception IslandItalian
Isola DeceptionItalian
デセプション島Japanese
디셉션섬Korean
DisepšenaLatvian
ДисепшенMacedonian
DeceptionøyaNorwegian
DeceptionøyaNorwegian Bokmål
DeceptionøyenNorwegian Bokmål
Deception IslandNorwegian Nynorsk
DeceptionøyaNorwegian Nynorsk
Pendulum CoveNorwegian Nynorsk
Isla DecepcionOccitan (post 1500)
Deception IslandPolish
ДесепшенRussian
Остров ДесепшенRussian
Остров ТейляRussian
ТейляRussian
ДисепшенSerbian
Острво ДисепшенSerbian
Deception IslandSlovak
DecepciónSwedish
Deception IslandSwedish
เกาะดีเซปชันThai
Deception AdasıTurkish
ДесепшенUkrainian
ڈیسیپشن آئی لینڈUrdu
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