English Explanatory Dictionary

Deception Island

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. An island in the South Shetland Islands archipelago.

Word forms

Deception Island

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.

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