Deception Island is an acti.

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• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Bransfield Strait; Deception Island; South Shetland Islands; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.572.8437; http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1047/ea/of2007-1047ea025.pdf

Summary Deception Island (62°59 ’ S, 60°41 ’ W) is an active volcano located in the Bransfield Strait between the Antarctic Peninsula and the South Shetland Islands. It is composed of rocks that date from <0.75 Ma to historical eruptions (1842, 1967, 1969 and 1970). In January 2005 an extensive s...