Deception Station ( es, Base Decepción) is an
Argentine antarctic base located at
Deception Island
Deception Island is an island in the South Shetland Islands close to the Antarctic Peninsula with a large and usually "safe" natural harbor, which is occasionally troubled by the underlying active volcano. This island is the caldera of an acti ...
,
South Shetland Islands
The South Shetland Islands are a group of Antarctic islands with a total area of . They lie about north of the Antarctic Peninsula, and between southwest of the nearest point of the South Orkney Islands. By the Antarctic Treaty of 1 ...
.
History
The station was founded on January 25, 1948, and was a year-round station until December 1967 when
volcanic eruptions
Several types of volcanic eruptions—during which lava, tephra (ash, lapilli, volcanic bombs and volcanic blocks), and assorted gases are expelled from a volcanic vent or fissure—have been distinguished by volcanologists. These are often ...
forced the evacuation of the base. Since then it is inhabited only during the summer.
The island suffered severe volcanic eruptions in 1967, 1969 and 1970.
In 1950 a
seismograph was installed in the base, and in 1951 it also received
ionospheric
The ionosphere () is the ionized part of the upper atmosphere of Earth, from about to above sea level, a region that includes the thermosphere and parts of the mesosphere and exosphere. The ionosphere is ionized by solar radiation. It plays a ...
equipment. In 1993 a volcano observatory was opened.
Climate
See also
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Gabriel de Castilla Base
Gabriel de Castilla Base is a Spanish research station located on Deception Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The station was constructed in 1990.
The station is named for Gabriel de Castilla, a 17th century Spanish navigator and accor ...
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List of Antarctic research stations
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List of Antarctic field camps
Many Antarctic research stations support satellite field camps which are, in general, seasonal camps. The type of field camp can vary – some are permanent structures used during the annual Antarctic summer, whereas others are little more than te ...
References
External links
Base Decepciónat Marambio.aq
Sito ufficiale Direcciòn Nacional del AntarticoCOMNAP Antarctic Facilities
COMNAP Antarctic Facilities Map
Decepcion
Deception Island
Deception
1948 establishments in Antarctica
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