name for Lake Natron, Tanzania Medusa Lake (Antarctica) Astronomy Medusa Nebula Medusa Galaxy Merger (NGC 4194), pair of interacting galaxies in the constellation Ursa Major 149 Medusa, an asteroid Ships French frigate Méduse (1810), which inspired several works of art: The Raft of the Medusa, 1818–1819 painting by Théodore Géricault Das Floß der Medusa, 1968 oratorio by Hans Werner Henze Le Radeau de la Méduse, 1994 French film Italian submarine Medusa, several HMS Medusa, one of ten ships of the Royal Navy SMS Medusa, a Gazelle-class light cruiser built by the Imperial German Navy USS Medusa (1869), a Passaic-class coastal monitor USS Medusa (AR-1), a fleet repair ship launched in 1923 MEDUSA, a proposed type of nuclear pulse propulsion for interplanetary and interstellar space travel Roller coasters Medusa (Six Flags Discovery Kingdom), a steel floorless roller coaster Medusa (Six Flags Great Adventure), steel floorless roller coaster Medusa Steel Coaster, a hybrid roller coaster in Six Flags México Other uses Medusa pepper, a Capsicum annuum cultivar MEDUSA, a design software program MEDUSA (weapon) Operation Medusa, a military operation in Afghanistan Medusa piercing Medusa (biology) (jellyfish) See also Madusa, stage name of professional wrestler Debrah Miceli (born 1964) Méduse (disambiguation) Meduza (disambiguation) The Medusa Frequency, a 1987 novel by Russell Hoban