Bailey Head, Deception Island -- photograph

Bailey Head, on Deception Island off the Antarctic Peninsula, is one of the largest known penguin rookeries, extending beyond the top of the first slope from the sea. Deception Island is a drowned caldera (volcanic crater) covered in black volcanic sand from the last eruption in 1970. Photographed J...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Seale, Linda N.
Format: Still Image
Language:English
Published: 2004
Subjects:
geo
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.7939/R33N20G5S
https://era.library.ualberta.ca/items/126d32a9-ba3d-4ede-ab9e-7059709f5328
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Summary:Bailey Head, on Deception Island off the Antarctic Peninsula, is one of the largest known penguin rookeries, extending beyond the top of the first slope from the sea. Deception Island is a drowned caldera (volcanic crater) covered in black volcanic sand from the last eruption in 1970. Photographed January 2004