Mercer Bay

Mercer Bay (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. The name is first used on a chart based upon survey work by DI personnel in 1926-30. Probably named for Lieutenant Commander G.M. Mercer, Royal Navy Reserve, captain of the DI research ship William Scoresby, which engaged in whale marking and oceanographic work off South Georgia in 1926-27.

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