Gorgon Pool
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Chimaera Flats and Mount Perseus.
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.Mount Perseus
Peak
Mount Perseus is the lower and more northerly of twin ice domes in the east part of Candlemas Island, South Sandwich Islands. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1971 in association with nearby Mount Andromeda.
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.
Gorgon Pool
- Type: Pond
- Description: Lake/lagoon
- Categories: geographical feature and body of water
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-57.08456° or 57° 5′ 4″ southLongitude
-26.71829° or 26° 43′ 6″ westElevation
68 metres (223 feet)Open location code
39JMW78J+5MOpenStreetMap ID
way 632402521OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=pondGeoNames ID
10787533Wikidata ID
Q5586300
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Satellite Map
Discover Gorgon Pool from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From German to Spanish—“Gorgon Pool” goes by many names.
- German: “Gorgon Pool”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gorgon Pool”
- Spanish: “Laguna Gorgon”
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Highlights include Medusa Pool and Cauldron Pool.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Gorgon Pool”. Photo: Brian Gratwicke, CC BY 2.0.