Fumarole Bay

Decepción station on Fumarole Bay

Map of Deception Island

Fumarole Bay is a bay on the southwest side of Port Foster in the interior of Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Having a similar name in the same island is the Vapour Col.

The bay is part of the larger, enclosed water of Port Foster. It was named "Bahia 1 de Mayo" or "Bahia Primero de Mayo" by the Argentine Antarctic Expedition of 1942–43, after the 1 de Mayo, an expedition ship which visited Deception Island in 1942 and 1943; she sank off the coast of Argentina on 5 February 1944.

The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey carried out a full survey in 1953-54. Aerial photography was carried out by the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition of 1956-57. After this, the bay was named 'Fumarole Bay' because the most active fumarole on the island is situated here.

Fumaroles at the bay are in the temperature range of 100-107°C.^[1]

62°57′58″S 60°42′00″W / 62.966°S 60.7°W

References[]

^ Smellie, J.L. (2002). Lopez-Martinez, J.; Smellie, J.L.; Thomson, J.W.; Thomson, M.R.A. (eds.). Volcanic hazard, in Geology and geomorphology of Deception Island. Cambridge: British Antarctic Survey. p. 50. ISSN 0951-8886.

SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer

This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Fumarole Bay". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)

[smellie2-1] Smellie, J.L. (2002). Lopez-Martinez, J.; Smellie, J.L.; Thomson, J.W.; Thomson, M.R.A. (eds.). Volcanic hazard, in Geology and geomorphology of Deception Island. Cambridge: British Antarctic Survey. p. 50. ISSN 0951-8886.

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Fumarole Bay

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