![]() ![]() The scientific stations on the island were destroyed, or severely damaged, during the eruptions in 1967, 1969, and 1970 mainly due to explosive activity triggered by the interaction of rising (or erupting) magma with surface water, shallow groundwater, and ice. ![]() Historical post-caldera volcanism on Deception Island involves monogenetic small-volume (VEI 2-3) eruptions such forming cones and various types of hydrovolcanic edifices. Deception Island is characterised by a Quaternary caldera system with a post-caldera succession and is considered to be part of an active, dispersed (monogenetic), volcanic field. In addition, they host several research stations and three summer field camps. Despite its remote location, the South Shetland Islands are an important touristic destination during the austral summer. Volcanic activity since the eighteenth century, along with the latest volcanic unrest episodes in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, demonstrates that the volcanic system is still active and that future eruptions are likely. Aguirre-DÃaz, Gerardo Bartolini, Stefaniaĭeception Island ( Antarctica) is the southernmost island of the South Shetland Archipelago in the South Atlantic. Pedrazzi, Dario Németh, Károly Geyer, Adelina Ãlvarez-Valero, Antonio M. Historic hydrovolcanism at Deception Island ( Antarctica): implications for eruption hazards ![]()
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