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Deception Island

Deception Island proper noun: an island in the South Shetland Islands archipelago.

Proper noun

Deception Island

  1. An island in the South Shetland Islands archipelago.

Origin of Deception Island

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.

Questions about Deception Island

What does Deception Island mean?
Deception Island means an island in the South Shetland Islands archipelago.
What part of speech is Deception Island?
Deception Island is a proper noun.

Words near Deception Island in the dictionary

  1. decephalizing
  2. deceptable
  3. deceptibility
  4. deceptible
  5. deception
  6. Deception Island
  7. deceptional
  8. deceptionism
  9. deceptionist
  10. deceptionists
  11. deceptions

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