Deception Island

Deception Island has 28 documented cultural connections to places around the world. Below are 12 of the most distinctive.

Aguirre Cerda Research Station

Connects Deception Island to: Pendulum Cove, Argentine Navy

Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen

Connects Deception Island to: Chilean Antarctic Territory | Queen Maud Land

de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter

Connects Deception Island to: Marble Point, United States Antarctic Program | Rossfjordstraumen, Norway

Nathaniel Palmer

Connects Deception Island to: Chilean Antarctic Territory | Stonington, Connecticut | Stonington Island

King George Island (South Shetland Islands)

Connects Deception Island to: Chile | Chilean Antarctic Territory | Keller Peninsula | Base Presidente Eduardo Frei Montalva | Artigas Base, Uruguayan Antarctic Institute

cinder cone

Connects Deception Island to: Easter Island | St. Paul, Alaska | Hidalgo (state) | Rexburg, Idaho | Diamond Valley, Utah

black sand

Connects Deception Island to: Bali | Muriwai | Duyên Hải (town), Vietnam | Ureki, Georgia | Thrikkunnapuzha, India

Stonington, Connecticut

Connects Deception Island to: Connecticut | Westerly, Rhode Island | Groton, Connecticut | Mystic, Connecticut | Augusta, New York

icebreaker

Connects Deception Island to: Helsinki, Finland | Slavonia, Croatia | Saint John, Kingdom of FranceKingdom of Great BritainUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | Alert, Nunavut | Kolyma

Kriegsmarine

Connects Deception Island to: Split, Croatia | Kristiansand, Norway | Trondheim, Norway | Northern Norway | Longyearbyen, Norway

bird colony

Connects Deception Island to: Johnston Atoll | Tromelin Island | Navassa Island | Hatohobei | Grímsey, Iceland

Greenwich Island

Connects Deception Island to: Chilean Antarctic Territory | Panagyurishte | Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria | Targovishte, Bulgaria | Camp Academia, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

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