title: Hercules Bay
text: # 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. In the entrance of the bay lies Turpie Rock.
  
  