Purdy Point

	Purdy Point
	Geographical location
Coordinates	60 ° 33 ′ S , 45 ° 26 ′ W Coordinates: 60 ° 33 ′ S , 45 ° 26 ′ W
location	Coronation Island ( South Orkney Islands )
Waters	Scotia Lake
	; Map of Coronation Island (center) with Purdy Point (top)

The Purdy Point is a headland on the north coast of Coronation Iceland in Archipelago of the South Orkney Islands . It is located 2.5 km east-southeast of Foul Point .

The first sighting goes to the American sealer captain Nathaniel Palmer and his British counterpart George Powell (1794-1824) in December 1821. The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey carried out measurements between 1956 and 1958. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1959 after the British hydrographer John Purdy (1773-1843), who had created numerous nautical charts including the South Shetland Islands , which are considered the forerunners of the more modern nautical charts of the British Admiralty .

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