Lucifer Hill
Lucifer Hill is a reddish, cindery, sulphur-streaked hill forming the summit of the northern section of Candlemas Island in the South Sandwich Islands.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cauldron Pool and Chimaera Flats.
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.
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.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
- Type: Volcano
- Description: hill on Candlemas Island, South Sandwich Islands
- Categories: hill and landform
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-57.08095° or 57° 4′ 51″ southLongitude
-26.73987° or 26° 44′ 24″ westElevation
3 metres (10 feet)Open location code
39JMW796+J3OpenStreetMap ID
node 5971234932OpenStreetMap feature
natural=volcano
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Lucifer Hill” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “路西法山”
- Dutch: “Lucifer Hill”
- German: “Lucifer Hill”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lucifer Hill”
- Spanish: “Cerro Lucifer”
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