Argentina
Tierra del Fuego Province
Argentine Antarctica

Deception

Deception Station is an Argentine base located at , .
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  • Type: Dwelling
  • Description: Argentinean Antarctic station
  • Also known as: “Decepcion Base”, “Decepción Base”, “Deception Base”, and “Deception Station”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Crater Lake and Uritorco, Mount.

Lake
is a volcanic crater, now filled with water, lying north-west of on the south side of , in the of .

Peak
Mount Uritorco is a mountain surmounting the southern part of on in the . The name appears on an Argentine chart of 1956. This article incorporates public domain material from…

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. is situated 7 km northeast of Deception.

Deception

Latitude
-62.97527° or 62° 58′ 31″ south
Longitude
-60.69769° or 60° 41′ 52″ west
Population
18
Elevation
83 metres (272 feet)
Inception
January 25th, 1948
Operator
Instituto Antártico Argentino
Open location code
379X28F2+VW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2418868667
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
office=­research
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­isolated_dwelling
Geo­Names ID
13526694
Wiki­data ID
Q3635546
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Swedish—“Deception” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Base Decepción”
  • Dutch: “Base Decepción”
  • French: “base Decepción”
  • French: “Base Decepción”
  • German: “Decepción-Station”
  • Hungarian: “Base Decepción”
  • Hungarian: “Decepción kutatóállomás”
  • Italian: “Base Decepcion”
  • Italian: “Base Decepción”
  • Italian: “Base Deception”
  • Italian: “Stazione Decepcion”
  • Italian: “Stazione Decepción”
  • Italian: “Stazione Deception”
  • Latvian: “Desepsjona”
  • Macedonian: “Дисепшен”
  • Macedonian: “Станица за измама (Антартик)”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Base Decepción”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Decepción (forskningsstasjon)”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Base Decepción”
  • Norwegian: “Decepción”
  • Polish: “Decepción”
  • Portuguese: “Base Decepción”
  • Spanish: “Base Antartica Decepcion”
  • Spanish: “Base Antártica Decepción”
  • Spanish: “Base decepcion”
  • Spanish: “Base Decepcion”
  • Spanish: “Base decepción”
  • Spanish: “Base Decepción”
  • Spanish: “Decepción”
  • Swedish: “Decepción”

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