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We went to Deception Island, which is the top of a collapsed volcano.
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, -0 / +2I assume this is referring to places in the Antarctic such as Deception Island
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Last stop for the day, Bailey's Head on Deception Island, is like storming Coney Island on a sizzling Sunday in August.
Richard Bangs: Mind Sex with Strangers Richard Bangs 2011
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Last stop for the day, Bailey's Head on Deception Island, is like storming Coney Island on a sizzling Sunday in August.
Richard Bangs: Mind Sex with Strangers Richard Bangs 2011
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The log books of several Stonington ships prove their presence at Deception Island and some assert that Palmer's voyage south from this location occurred in late 1821.
Palmer, Nathaniel 2009
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Fanning's 1834 book suggests that Palmer's sighting of Antarctica occured in January 1820, while the Stonington fleet was in the harbor of Deception Island, and following a direct observation of mountains to the south from a high point on the island on a clear day.
Palmer, Nathaniel 2009
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At its closest, the Antarctic continent is approximately 60 miles (97 km) south of Deception Island.
South Shetland Islands Wikipedia 2009
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In January, 1820, the Williams arrived back at the South Shetlands and began to chart them from the north side and then from the south side before reaching Deception Island.
Bransfield, Edward 2009
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Deception Island is a volcano with a flooded caldera.
South Shetland Islands Wikipedia 2009
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In an interesting twist of fate, Palmer and Bellingshausen actually met on February 6, 1821, near Deception Island in the South Shetlands.
Sighting Antarctica 2009
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