Mechanics Bay (Heard Island)

Mechanics Bay (Heard Island)

Mechanics Bay is a bay, 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) wide, lying immediately east of Saddle Point on the north coast of Heard Island in the southern Indian Ocean. Named by American sealers after the schooner Mechanic, a tender to the Corinthian in Captain Erasmus Darwin Rogers' sealing fleet which landed at Heard Island in 1855. Click here to see a map of Heard Island and McDonald Islands, including all major topographical features.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Mechanics Bay (Heard Island)" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).

Coordinates: 53°1′S 73°31′E / 53.017°S 73.517°E / -53.017; 73.517



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