Cauldron Pool

Hot, brackish steaming pond in northwest Candlemas Island, South Sandwich Islands

Cauldron Pool (57°4′S 26°43′W / 57.067°S 26.717°W / -57.067; -26.717) 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. The descriptive name, suggestive of a cauldron, was applied by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1971.

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