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Sketch map showing suggested escape routes on Deception Island during a volcanic crisis corresponding to no more than a code orange alert state

Deception Island, Antarctica, 2002

Figure 6.3 in: Smellie, J.L., López-Martínez, J., Headland, R.K., Hernández-Cifuentes, F., Maestro, A., Millar, I.L., Rey, J., Serrano, E., Somoza, L., & Thomson, J.W. (2002). Geology and geomorphology of Deception Island. Cambridge, British Antarctic Survey, 77 p. (BAS Geomap Series, Sheets 6A and 6B).



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Map Set

Smellie, J.L.; López-Martínez, J.; Headland, R.K.; Hernández-Cifuentes, F.; Maestro, A.; Millar, I.L.; Rey, J.; Serrano, E.; Somoza, L.; Thomson, J.W.. 2002 Geology and geomorphology of Deception Island. Cambridge, British Antarctic Survey, 77 p. (BAS Geomap Series, Sheets 6A and 6B).
http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/17439/1/BAS%20GEOMAP%206%20-%20Geology%20and%20geomorphology%20of%20Deception%20Island.pdf

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Map Data

Map ID1322
Hazard Process(es)Access or danger zone
Hazard Zone PresentationHazard level-focused: All or most hazards are combined by hazard level on a main map panel
Temporal ScaleBackground, or long-term, map
Spatial ScaleIsland
Publication FormatFigure in a hazard assessment or mitigation plan
Zonation Method(s)Geologic history
Zonation Model(s)
Scenario(s) ConsideredSize, VEI, or intensity
Hazard Zone Label(s)Access (exclusion, danger, or safe zones)
Probability Definition(s)No probability definition was discernable from the map
PurposeCrisis management and response: Intended to be used for managing, responding to, and taking action during an eruption; often includes evacuation routes, access restrictions, actions to take, etc.
AudienceMultiple audiences (usually the public, civil authorities, and land-use planners)
Language(s)English
Basemap(s)Simple or sketch map
Basemap overlay(s)
DiemsionalityPlanimetric (2D or map) view
Color SchemeSymbols and/or lines only
Volcanic Alert Level System
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