• Menu
  • Skip to right header navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

Top Hot Springs Logo Wide

  • Home
  • Hot Springs by State
    • Alaska
    • Arizona
    • Arkansas
    • California
    • Colorado (redirects)
    • Florida
    • Hawaii
    • Idaho
    • Illinois
    • Massachusetts
    • Montana
    • Nevada
    • New Mexico
    • New York
    • North Carolina
    • Oregon
    • Pennsylvania
    • South Dakota
    • Tennessee
    • Texas
    • Utah
    • Virginia
    • Washington
    • West Virginia
    • Wyoming
  • Hot Springs by Country
    • Africa
      • South Africa
    • Asia
      • China
      • Georgia
      • Indonesia
      • Japan
      • Laos
      • Malaysia
      • Nepal
      • Philippines
      • South Korea
      • Taiwan
      • Thailand
      • Turkey
      • Vietnam (redirects)
    • Australia/Oceania
      • Australia
      • New Zealand
    • Europe
      • Albania
      • Austria
      • Belgium
      • Croatia
      • Czech Republic
      • France
      • Georgia
      • Germany
      • Greece
      • Hungary
      • Iceland
      • Italy
      • Norway
      • Poland
      • Portugal
      • Romania
      • Spain
      • Switzerland
      • Turkey
      • UK
    • North/Central America
      • Canada
      • Costa Rica
      • Dominican Republic
      • Honduras
      • Mexico
      • Nicaragua
      • United States
    • South America
      • Argentina
      • Brazil
      • Chile
      • Colombia
      • Peru
      • Uruguay
  • Camping
  • Lodging
  • Search
  • Home
  • Hot Springs by State
  • Hot Springs by Country
  • Camping
  • Lodging
Group of tourists soak in a primitive hot springs on Deception Island, Antarctica

Hot Springs in Antarctica

Bathing gully at twilight at Peninsula Hot Springs in Australia

13 of the Best Hot Springs in the World

Going about the mammoth task of listing some of the best hot springs in the world…

13 of the Best Hot Springs in the WorldRead More

Guide to Antarctica’s Natural Thermal Springs

Group of tourists soak in a primitive hot springs on Deception Island, Antarctica
Tourists in a hot springs pool on Deception Island, Antarctica. Photo by: Lyubomir Ivanov

Antarctica, the world’s southernmost continent, is a mostly barren, ice-covered geographical mass. Home to the South Pole, this cold region has just one known natural geothermal water area on the northwest part of Deception Island.

Most cruise ships visit the continent via the Antarctic Peninsula, which extends all the way to South America. Several travel agencies provide packages that include trips to Antarctica, which is the only real way to get there. Due to the fragile environment, tourists should only go there if it is part of a tour or a scientific expedition.

Deception Island

An active volcano under the water near Antarctica’s Deception Island is to blame for the massive crater in the middle of the South Shetland Islands, and the continent’s only known hot spring. The British established a colony on Deception Island in the early 1800s, only to abandon it in 1842 when volcanic outbursts forced everyone to leave.

The thermal springs along the beaches of Pendulum Cove reach temperatures of over 158 °F/70 °C, despite the island having no “official” hot springs. As the island is horseshoe-shaped, spring water pours towards the center, creating Kroner Lake, the only geothermal lake in Antarctica.

It’s not in the lake that visitors soak in to experience the springs of Deception Island; instead, the island’s geothermal heat is located just below the surface. Tourists may experience the warmth of black sand beaches by digging a shallow hole through the surface just large enough to soak.

Antarctica Climate

Antarctica is the coldest, windiest, and driest continent, so a soak in its warm geothermal waters never feels inappropriate. Inland, it’s typically about -70.6 °F, and the shoreline is about 14°F warmer than that. The Antarctic Peninsula has the highest temperatures of the year in January when average highs reach 0 °F.

Antarctica’s hot springs would make for a memorable vacation. Pack your snowsuit and swimwear and arrange a trip to this exotic continent when you’re ready for the experience of a lifetime.

Primary Sidebar

Hot Springs by Region

  • All Hot Springs by Country
  • America
  • Canada
  • Mexico
  • Africa
  • Asia
  • Central America
  • Europe
  • Oceania
  • South America

Join our community of hot springers

Enter your email below and grab our complimentary guide on the world's top hot springs.

Footer

Top Hot Springs

  • Home
  • Blog
  • About
  • Contact
  • Privacy Policy
  • Disclaimer

Travel Guide

  • Hot Springs by State
  • Hot Springs by Country
  • Africa Hot Springs
  • Asia Hot Springs
  • Europe Hot Springs
  • Oceania Hot Springs
  • North/Central America Hot Springs
  • South America Hot Springs
  • Camping at Hot Springs
  • Lodging at Hot Springs

Latest Hot Springs

  • Miranda Hot Springs – Thames, New Zealand
  • Kuirau Park Footbaths – Rotorua, New Zealand
  • Morere Hot Springs – Mōrere, New Zealand
  • Sequoia Lodge – Crafers, SA, Australia
  • 7132 Therme Vals – Eastern Switzerland

Disclosure: Top Hot Springs is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.

Copyright © 2023 · Top Hot Springs | Sitemap