Medusa Pool

Medusa Pool (57°4′S 26°42′W) is a tidal lagoon which 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.[1]

References
  1. "Medusa Pool". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-09-12.

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