Hercules Bay

Hercules Bay is a bay 0.5 nautical miles wide, which lies 1 nautical mile west-northwest of Cape Saunders along the north coast of South Georgia. It was named by Norwegian whalers after the Hercules, a whale catcher which had visited the bay.
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  • Bay
  • …is also known as “Herkules Bucht”
  • Description: bay in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, United Kingdom

Places of Interest

Highlights include Coronda Peak and Mount Antell.
Peak
is a peak over 610 metres high, standing…
Peak
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Leith Harbour and Husvik.
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Village
, also known as Port Leith, was a whaling…
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Locality
is a former whaling station on the north-central coast of South Georgia Island.

Hercules Bay

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Latitude
-54.1236° or 54° 7′ 25″ south
Longitude
-36.66654° or 36° 39′ 60″ west
Open location code
39Q5V8GM+H9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 9153294196
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­bay
Geo­Names ID
3426450
Wiki­data ID
Q5736452

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Venetian—“Hercules Bay” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Hercules Bay”
  • Cebuano: “Hercules Bay (luuk sa South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands)”
  • Cebuano: “Hercules Bay”
  • Chinese: “赫爾克里士灣”
  • German: “Hercules Bay”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hercules Bay”
  • Spanish: “Bahía Hércules”
  • Swedish: “Hercules Bay”
  • Venetian: “Baja de Hercules”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Hercules Point and Jericho.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Horatio Peak and Coronda Lake.

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: Highlights

Learn more about Grytviken and South Georgia Island.
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