Candlemas Islands
The Candlemas Islands are a group of two small, uninhabited volcanic islands in the northern part of the South Sandwich Islands archipelago, in the South Atlantic Ocean.
Photo: NASA, Public domain.Places of Interest
Highlights include Lucifer Hill and Gorgon Pool.
Lucifer Hill
Volcano
Photo: NASA, Public domain.Gorgon Pool
Pond
Gorgon Pool is a lake, or perhaps lagoon, between the Chimaera Flats and Kraken Cove in Candlemas Island, South Sandwich Islands. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in association with nearby Medusa Pool. Gorgon Pool is situated 4 km south of Candlemas Islands.
Tomblin Rock
Tomblin Rock is an isolated rock 0.6 nautical miles east-southeast of Demon Point, Candlemas Island, in the South Sandwich Islands. It is 24 meters high. Tomblin Rock is situated 3½ km southeast of Candlemas Islands.Candlemas Islands
- Type: Island
- Description: island group
- Categories: island group and landform
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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Latitude
-57.05° or 57° 3′ south
Longitude
-26.71667° or 26° 43′ west
Open location code
39JMX72M+28
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Vietnamese—“Candlemas Islands” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Arxipèlag Candelària”
- Catalan: “Illes Candelaria”
- Catalan: “Illes Candlemas”
- Cebuano: “Candlemas Islands”
- Chinese: “坎德爾默斯群島”
- Dutch: “Candlemas Islands”
- German: “Candlemas Islands”
- German: “Candlemasinseln”
- German: “Lichtmessinseln”
- German: “Lucifer Hill”
- Italian: “Isole Candlemas”
- Italian: “Isole di Candlemas”
- Japanese: “キャンドルマス諸島”
- Korean: “캔들마스 제도”
- Latvian: “Kendlmasas salas”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Candlemas Islands”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Candlemasøyene”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Candlemas Islands”
- Norwegian: “Candlemas Islands”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Candelmæssanīega”
- Spanish: “Archipielago Candelaria”
- Spanish: “Archipiélago Candelaria”
- Spanish: “Islas Candelaria”
- Spanish: “Islas Candelarias”
- Spanish: “islas Candlemas”
- Swedish: “Candlemas Islands”
- Vietnamese: “Candlemas Islands”
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