Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
SCAR Gazetteer Information: Each place can have one or more entries in the SCAR Composite Gazetteer, dependant on its origin. By viewing an individual entry, you may see multiple references to the same place. SCAR uses a more general feature type coding, so each place will, in general, have multiple feature types.
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Decepción, isla (ARG) | 62° 59' 00.0" S | 60° 43' 00.0" W | Island |
| Name ID: 100645 Place ID: 3457 | |||
| Decepción, Isla (CHL) | 62° 58' 00.0" S | 60° 39' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 105425
Place ID: 3457
Su nombre data por lo menos desde 1821 y ahora su empleo está establecido internacionalmente, pareciera que este nombre obedece a la enorme decepción que sufriera Bellingshausen al avistar la isla y comprobar por los buques fondeados en su puerto interior que no había sido el primero en visitarla. Isla de forma anular y mide cerca de 8 millas de diámetro, en su interior encierra una bahía a la cual se tiene acceso a través a un angosto canalizo (un cráter volcánico sumergido) situada a 15 millas al S de la isla Livingston, en las islas Shetland del Sur. |
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| Deception Island (RUS) | 62° 55' 00.0" S | 60° 40' 00.0" W | Island |
| Name ID: 117657 Place ID: 3457 | |||
| Deception Island (GBR) | 62° 57' 00.0" S | 60° 37' 58.8" W | Island |
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Name ID: 108460
Place ID: 3457
S of Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands. The E coast of the island was charted by Bransfield in 1820. The name was first recorded by Palmer, USA in 1820, and refers to the deceptive nature of this ring-shaped island with its central harbour, a breached and drowned volcanic crater. The island was charted by sealers in 1820-21 and by RUS in 1821 (GBR chart 1839, APC, 1955). Volcanic eruptions in December 1967, February 1969 and August 1970 caused considerable changes in the topography of the island. For further information see British Antarctic Territory Gazetteer. |
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| Deception Island (USA) | 62° 57' 00.0" S | 60° 38' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 124209
Place ID: 3457
Ring-shaped island 8 mi in diameter, with a narrow entrance into a central landlocked harbor (a drowned breached crater), lying nearly 10 mi S of Livingston Island, in the South Shetland Islands. The name dates back to at least 1821 and is now established in international usage. |
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