Medusa Pool

Coordinates: 57°4′S 26°42′W / 57.067°S 26.700°W / -57.067; -26.700
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Medusa Pool (57°4′S 26°42′W / 57.067°S 26.700°W / -57.067; -26.700) is a tidal lagoon that occupies the west side of the central lowlands of Candlemas Island in the South Sandwich Islands. The name, given by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1971, is associated in classical mythology with the geomorphologically similar Gorgon Pool, nearby, Medusa being one of the gorgons.[1]

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  1. ^ "Medusa Pool". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 12 September 2013.

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