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Hercules Bay

Coordinates: 54°7′S 36°40′W / 54.117°S 36.667°W / -54.117; -36.667
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Hercules Bay
Hercules Bay in South Georgia Island, 1996.
Coordinates54°7′S 36°40′W / 54.117°S 36.667°W / -54.117; -36.667
Ocean/sea sourcesSouth Atlantic Ocean
IslandsSouth Georgia

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.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Hercules Bay". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-06-14.

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