Mechanics Bay
Mechanics Bay is a bay, 1 nautical mile wide, lying immediately east of Saddle Point on the north coast of Heard Island in the southern Indian Ocean. It was named by American sealers after the schooner Mechanic, a tender to the Corinthian in Captain Erasmus Darwin Rogers' sealing fleet which landed at Heard Island in 1855.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Morgan Island and Black Rock.
Morgan Island
Island
Morgan Island is a small island while also being the largest feature in a group of islands located 1 nautical mile east of Cape Bidlingmaier, off the north side of Heard Island in the Indian Ocean.
Black Rock
Islet
Black Rock is a small, dark rock lying immediately northwest of Morgan Island and 0.2 nautical miles north of Heard Island. The feature appears to be roughly shown on an 1860 sketch map prepared by Captain H.C.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cape Bidlingmaier and Saddle Point.
Cape Bidlingmaier
Locality
Cape Bidlingmaier is a rocky cape at the east side of the entrance to Mechanics Bay, on the north side of Heard Island in the southern Indian Ocean. The feature appears to have been known to American sealers as Morgan's Point, as shown by Captain H.C.
Saddle Point
Locality
Saddle Point is a rocky point separating Corinthian Bay and Mechanics Bay on the north coast of Heard Island in the Antarctic. The terminus of Challenger Glacier is located at the eastern side of Corinthian Bay, close west to Saddle Point.
Corinth Head
Locality
Corinth Head is a rocky headland 0.5 nautical miles southeast of Rogers Head, overlooking the west side of Corinthian Bay, on the north side of Heard Island.
Mechanics Bay
- Type: Bay
- Description: bay on Heard Island, Australia
- Category: body of water
- Location: Heard Island and McDonald Islands
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Latitude
-53.0158° or 53° 0′ 57″ southLongitude
73.51929° or 73° 31′ 9″ eastElevation
69 metres (226 feet)Open location code
3JRMXGM9+MPOpenStreetMap ID
node 2762334890OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bay
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Mechanics Bay” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Mechanics Bay (luuk sa Heard Island and McDonald Islands)”
- Cebuano: “Mechanics Bay”
- Chinese: “梅凱尼克灣”
- German: “Mechanics Bay”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mechanics Bay på Heardøya”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mechanics Bay”
- Swedish: “Mechanics Bay (vik i Heard- och McDonaldöarna)”
- Swedish: “Mechanics Bay”
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