Sea Serpent Cove
Sea Serpent Cove is a small cove 1 nautical mile southeast of Vulcan Point on the west side of Candlemas Island, in the South Sandwich Islands. Charted and named in 1930 by DI personnel on the Discovery II. Sarcophagus Point lies at the southeast side of the cove.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Bay
- Description: cove in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- Also known as: “Ensenada de la Serpiente”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Medusa Pool and Lucifer Hill.
Medusa Pool
Pond
Medusa Pool 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.
Lucifer Hill
Volcano
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
Lucifer Hill is a reddish, cindery, sulphur-streaked hill forming the summit of the northern section of Candlemas Island in the South Sandwich Islands.
Cauldron Pool
Pond
Cauldron Pool is a hot, brackish steaming pond located east of Tow Bay and below the west slopes of volcanically active Lucifer Hill, in northwest Candlemas Island, South Sandwich Islands.
Sea Serpent Cove
- Categories: cove and body of water
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-57.09059° or 57° 5′ 26″ southLongitude
-26.74315° or 26° 44′ 35″ westOpen location code
39JMW754+QPOpenStreetMap ID
node 12241213275OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bayGeoNames ID
3426291Wikidata ID
Q58478
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Sea Serpent Cove” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “海蛇灣”
- Dutch: “Sea Serpent Cove”
- German: “Sea Serpent Cove”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sea Serpent Cove”
- Spanish: “Ensenada Serpiente Marina”
- Spanish: “Sea Serpent Cove”
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Highlights include Chimaera Flats and Gorgon Pool.
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