Deception Island

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caldera subantarctic island volcanic island

Deception Island is an active volcanic island in Antarctica known for its flooded caldera forming one of the safest natural harbors in the region and for its geothermal-heated black sand beaches.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Deception Island canonical 11
Deception Island caldera 1
Deception Island caldera system 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf caldera ⓘ
subantarctic island ⓘ
volcanic island ⓘ
approximateDiameter about 15 kilometers ⓘ
country Antarctic Treaty area ⓘ
surface form: Antarctica (no sovereign state; subject to Antarctic Treaty System)
discoveredBy sealers in early 19th century ⓘ
entranceName Neptune’s Bellows ⓘ
entranceWidth about 500 meters at Neptune’s Bellows ⓘ
eruptionStyle phreatomagmatic eruptions ⓘ
geothermalActivity hot soil and heated shoreline sediments ⓘ
governedBy Antarctic Treaty System ⓘ
harborDescription one of the safest natural harbors in Antarctica ⓘ
harborName Port Foster ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Port Foster ⓘ
surface form: Port Foster (name of inner harbor)
hasCalderaType flooded caldera ⓘ
hasFeature geothermal-heated black sand beaches ⓘ
narrow entrance channel ⓘ
natural harbor ⓘ
ring-shaped island ⓘ
hasName Deception Island self-link ⓘ
hasResearchStation Argentine Antarctic research stations network ⓘ
surface form: Decepción Station (Argentina, summer-only)

Gabriel de Castilla Station (Spain, summer-only) ⓘ
hasWildlife chinstrap penguin colonies ⓘ
seabirds ⓘ
seals ⓘ
historicalSite abandoned research stations ⓘ
remains of whaling station at Whalers Bay ⓘ
isActive true ⓘ
lastEruptions 1967 ⓘ
1969 ⓘ
1970 ⓘ
locatedIn Antarctica ⓘ
South Shetland Islands ⓘ
notableBay Telefon Bay ⓘ
Whalers Bay ⓘ
notablePoint Baily Head ⓘ
Cathedral Crags ⓘ
Neptune’s Window ⓘ
partOf Bransfield Strait ⓘ
protectedStatus Antarctic Specially Managed Areas ⓘ
surface form: Antarctic Specially Managed Area (ASMA) No. 4

Antarctic Specially Protected Area (ASPA) No. 140 (two sites) ⓘ
region Antarctic Peninsula ⓘ
surface form: Maritime Antarctica
touristActivity polar bathing in geothermally warmed shallows ⓘ
usedFor scientific research ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
whaling (historically) ⓘ
volcanicArcOrBelt South Shetland Islands ⓘ
surface form: South Shetland Islands volcanic arc
volcanoType shield volcano with caldera ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

South Shetland Islands → hasIsland → Deception Island ⓘ
South Shetland Islands → hasResearchStationOn → Deception Island ⓘ
Argentine Antarctica → includesIsland → Deception Island ⓘ
Greenwich Island → hasNearbyIsland → Deception Island ⓘ
Bransfield Strait → hasNearbyIsland → Deception Island ⓘ
Decepción Base → locatedOn → Deception Island ⓘ
Decepción Base → namedAfter → Deception Island ⓘ
Decepción Base → locatedInCalderaOf → Deception Island ⓘ
this entity surface form: Deception Island volcano
Deception Island → hasName → Deception Island self-link ⓘ
Yankee Harbour → hasNearbyIsland → Deception Island ⓘ
Port Foster → locatedIn → Deception Island ⓘ
Port Foster → isPartOf → Deception Island ⓘ
this entity surface form: Deception Island caldera system
Whalers Bay → locatedOn → Deception Island ⓘ
Whalers Bay → partOf → Deception Island ⓘ
this entity surface form: Deception Island caldera