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Deception Island
Caldera · 602 m · Antarctica
Deception Island sits on the Shetland Plate, above a hotspot, away from plate boundaries. 27 eruptions are known since the end of the last ice age, the most recent in 1970.
- Elevation
- 602 m
- Type
- Caldera
- Tectonic Setting
- Intraplate (hotspot), continental crust
- Dominant Rock
- Basalt / Picro-Basalt
- Plate
- Shetland Plate
- Country
- Antarctica
- Last Eruption
- 1970
- Known Eruptions (Holocene)
- 27
- Max. Explosivity (VEI)
- 3
Eruption Timeline
Each bar is an eruption; its height shows its explosivity (VEI 0 to 8).
Eruption Uncertain Date
Sources : Global Volcanism Program, 2026. Volcanoes of the World (v. 5.4.0; 7 Aug 2026), Smithsonian Institution, doi:10.5479/si.GVP.VOTW5-2026.5.4 (volcano.si.edu) · NOAA NCEI · USGS · Wikidata