Crater Lake (South Shetland Islands)


Crater Lake is a volcanic crater, now filled with water, lying north-west of Mount Kirkwood on the south side of Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. The descriptive name was given by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1959.

Antarctic Specially Protected Area

The site forms part of an Antarctic Specially Protected Area, comprising several separate sites on Deception Island, and designated as such primarily for its botanic and ecological values.