🏝️ Medusa Pool

United Kingdom · Europe · 57.07°S, 26.70°W

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.

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Quick facts

Country	United Kingdom
Continent / region	Europe
Coordinates (approx.)	57.07°S, 26.70°W · view on map

Medusa Pool is located in United Kingdom, in Europe.

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Benacre Broad · Cemlyn Bay and lagoon · Elephant Lagoon · Gilkicker Lagoon · Grey Pond · Hoveton Great Broad · Hoveton Little Broad · Lagoon Hull · Little Jason Lagoon · Long Pond, Anguilla.

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