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Deception Island
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English
thumb|Satellite photograph of Deception Island, from March 2023
Etymology
Named in 1820 by the American sealer Nathaniel Palmer, on account of its deceptive appearance as a normal island rather than a ring around a flooded caldera.
Proper noun
Deception Island
An island in the South Shetland Islands archipelago.