Hercules Bay | |
Pushpin Map: | United Kingdom South Georgia |
Coords: | -54.1167°N -76°W |
Oceans: | South Atlantic Ocean |
Islands: | South Georgia |
Hercules Bay is a bay 0.5nmi wide, which lies 1nmi 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.