Gorgon Pool (57°4′S 26°41′W / 57.067°S 26.683°W) 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. The Gorgon is a mythical creature of Homer's Iliad, linked in other mythology with Medusa.[1]
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edit- ^ "Gorgon Pool". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
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