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.- Bay
- Description: bay on Heard Island, Australia
Places of Interest
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Morgan Island
Island
Morgan Island is a small island while also being the…
Black Rock
Islet
Black Rock is a small, dark rock lying immediately…
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…
Saddle Point
Locality
Saddle Point is a rocky point separating…
Corinth Head
Locality
Corinth Head is a rocky headland 0.5 nautical miles…
Mechanics Bay
- Category: body of water
- Location: Heard Island and McDonald Islands
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Latitude
-53.0158° or 53° 0′ 57″ south
Longitude
73.51929° or 73° 31′ 9″ east
Open location code
3JRMXGM9+MP
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural = bay
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Mechanics Bay” goes by many names.
Mechanics BayCebuano
Mechanics Bay (luuk sa Heard Island and McDonald Islands)Cebuano
梅凱尼克灣Chinese
Mechanics BayNorwegian Nynorsk
Mechanics Bay på HeardøyaNorwegian Nynorsk
Mechanics BaySwedish
Mechanics Bay (vik i Heard- och McDonaldöarna)Swedish
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