Hercules Bay
| Hercules Bay | ||
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 Hercules Bay in December 1996 |
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| Waters | South Atlantic | |
| Land mass | South Georgia | |
| Geographical location | 54 ° 7 ′ 16 ″ S , 36 ° 39 ′ 38 ″ W | |
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| width | 800 m | |
| Islands | Turpie rock | |
The Hercules Bay is a bay on the north coast of South Georgia . It is located 1.5 km west-northwest of Cape Saunders .
Norwegian whalers named them after the whaling ship Hercules with which they visited the bay.
Web links
- Hercules Bay in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Hercules Bay on geographic.org (English)