Deception Island
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[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Deception_island.jpg/220px-Deception_island.jpg)
Etymology
[edit]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.
Proper noun
[edit]- An island in the South Shetland Islands archipelago.