Bridgeman Island, Antarctica, ‘burning mount’ or old eroded volcano?

• Published in: Polar Record
• Main Author: Williams, Karen Louise
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2021
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Ecology; Geography, Planning and Development; South Shetland Islands; Deception Island; Penguin Island; Bridgeman; Bridgeman Island; Antarc*; Antarctica; Polar Record
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247421000152; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247421000152

Abstract Deception, Bridgeman and Penguin are the three most recently active volcanic islands in the South Shetland Islands. Since the discovery of the archipelago in 1819, Deception Island has erupted on frequent occasions, most recently in August 1970. A number of nineteenth-century observers repo...