• Source: Hercules Bay
    • Hercules Bay is a bay 0.5 nautical miles (1 km) wide, which lies 1 nautical mile (2 km) west-northwest of Cape Saunders along the north coast of South Georgia. It was named by Norwegian whalers after the Hercules (or Herkules), a whale catcher which had visited the bay. In the entrance of the bay lies Turpie Rock.


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      This article incorporates public domain material from "Hercules Bay". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.

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