Crown Head

	Crown Head
	; Map of Coronation Island (center) with Crown Point
	Geographical location
Coordinates	60 ° 37 ′ S , 45 ° 19 ′ W Coordinates: 60 ° 37 ′ S , 45 ° 19 ′ W
location	Coronation Island , South Orkney Islands
Waters	Palmer Bay
Waters 2	Sayer Bay

The Crown Head (English for crown main is) a headland on the north coast of Coronation Iceland in Archipelago of the South Orkney Islands . It is located on the east side of the entrance to Palmer Bay and on the west side of those to Sayer Bay .

The British sealer captain George Powell and his American counterpart Nathaniel Palmer discovered the headland together in December 1821. The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey carried out surveys between 1956 and 1958. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1959 based on the name of Coronation Island, the name of which is derived from the coronation of the English King George IV .

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