Turpie Rock

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Turpie Rock is a rock 1 m high, lying in the entrance to Hercules Bay off the north coast of South Georgia. Positioned by the SGS in the period 1951–57, and named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for the Turpie, which was for many years used by the . as a hulk at Leith Harbor and is now sunk there.

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Coordinates: 54°7′S 36°39′W / 54.117°S 36.650°W / -54.117; -36.650


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