Mercer Bay

Mercer Bay (54°16′S 36°40′W / 54.267°S 36.667°W / -54.267; -36.667Coordinates: 54°16′S 36°40′W / 54.267°S 36.667°W / -54.267; -36.667) is a small bay marked by Geikie Glacier at its head, at the southwest end of Cumberland West Bay, South Georgia. The bay appears on a sketch map of Cumberland Bay by Lieutenant S.A. Duse of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04, and is first used on a chart based upon survey work by Discovery Investigations (DI) personnel in 1926–30. It was probably named for Lieutenant Commander G.M. Mercer, Royal Naval Reserve, captain of the DI research ship William Scoresby, which engaged in whale marking and oceanographic work off South Georgia in 1926–27.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Mercer Bay". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-09-19.

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