Turpie Rock
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.
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Turpie Rock". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)
Coordinates: 54°7′S 36°39′W / 54.117°S 36.650°W
Categories:
- Rock formations of Antarctica
- South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands geography stubs