Deception Station

Deception Station is an Argentine research facility on Deception Island.

Founded 25 January 1948, a seismograph was installed in the base in 1950, and in 1951, it also received ionospheric equipment. it was a year-round station until December 1967, when volcanic eruptions forced its evacuation. Since further severe volcanic eruptions in 1967, 1969, and 1970, it is inhabited only during the summer.