Chimaera Flats
Chimaera Flats is a broad stretch of flat sand with a smooth surface only a few metres above sea level, between Medusa Pool and Gorgon Pool on Candlemas Island, South Sandwich Islands.Places of Interest
Highlights include Gorgon Pool and Lucifer Hill.
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.
Lucifer Hill
Volcano
Photo: NASA, Public domain.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.
Chimaera Flats
- Type: Sand
- Description: beach in the South Sandwich Islands
- Categories: flat and landform
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-57.08661° or 57° 5′ 12″ south
Longitude
-26.72532° or 26° 43′ 31″ west
Elevation
75 metres (246 feet)
Open location code
39JMW77F+9V
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=sand
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From German to Spanish—“Chimaera Flats” goes by many names.
- German: “Chimaera Flats”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Chimaera Flats”
- Spanish: “Planicie Quimera”
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