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Deception Island is in the South Shetland Islands close to the Antarctic Peninsula with a large and usually "safe" natural harbor, which is occasionally affected by the underlying active volcano. [ 1 ] [ better source needed ] This island is the caldera of an active volcano , which seriously damaged local scientific stations in 1967 and 1969.
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They are within the region 61° 00'–63° 37' South, 53° 83'–62° 83' West. The islands lie 940 km (510 nmi) south of the Falkland Islands, and between 93 km (50 nmi) (Deception Island) and 269 km (145 nmi) (Clarence Island) northwest and north from the nearest point of the Antarctic continent, Graham Land.
Deception Island map with topography and location of stations and protected zones. The harbour entrance named Neptune's Bellows is at bottom right. The centre of Deception Island is a caldera, formed by a gigantic volcanic eruption and later flooded. This has created the 10 by 7 km (6.2 by 4.3 mi) basin-like harbour of Port Foster.
Location of Deception Island in the South Shetland Islands. Deception Island map with topography and location of stations and protected zones. Neptune's Bellows is a channel on the southeast side of Deception Island forming the entrance to Port Foster, in the South Shetland Islands.
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Location of Deception Island in the South Shetland Islands. Macaroni Point ( 62°54′S 60°32′W / 62.900°S 60.533°W / -62.900; -60.533 ) is a point marking the northeastern extremity of Deception Island , in the South Shetland Islands , Antarctica