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.^[1] In the entrance of the bay lies Turpie Rock.

Hercules Bay
Hercules Bay in South Georgia Island, 1996.
Hercules Bay
Coordinates	54°7′S 36°40′W
Ocean/sea sources	South Atlantic Ocean
Islands	South Georgia

40km
25miles

SOUTH GEORGIA

Hercules Bay