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Crown Head: Antarctica
SOURCE: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, MD, USA
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This page presents the geographical name data for Crown Head in Antarctica, as supplied by the US military intelligence in electronic format, including the geographic coordinates and place name in various forms, latin, roman and native characters, and its location in its respective country's administrative division

Feature Name (see definition): Crown Head

Feature Class (see definition): Cliff

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 3354

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 60° 37' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 045° 19' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -60.6166667

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -45.3166667

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1964

Description (see definition): Headland forming the E side of Palmer Bay on the N coast of Coronation Island, in the South Orkney Islands. First seen in the course of the joint cruise by Captain George Powell, British sealer, and Captain Nathaniel Palmer, American sealer, in December 1821. Surveyed by the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1956-58. The name derives from an association with Coronation Island and was given by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) in 1959.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

NOTE: The information regarding Crown Head in Antarctica on this page is published from the data supplied by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, a member of the Intelligence community of the Antarctica, and a Department of Defense (DoD) Combat Support Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Crown Head information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Crown Head should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.


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