Turpie rock
| Turpie rock | ||
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| Waters | Hercules Bay | |
| Archipelago | South Georgia | |
| Geographical location | 54 ° 7 ′ S , 36 ° 39 ′ W | |
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| Highest elevation | 1 m | |
The Turpie Rock is a 1 m cliff rock off the north coast of South Georgia . It is in front of the entrance to Hercules Bay .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1958 after the freighter James Turpie of Southern Whaling & Sealing Co. Ltd., which sank near the whaling station Leith Harbor in 1946 .
Web links
- Turpie rock in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Turpie Rock on geographic.org (English)