Arms of the British Antarctic Territory

Palmer Bay

(Coronation Island)

British Antarctic Territory

Location: 60° 36' 58" S 45° 19' 59" W
On W side of Crown Head, NE Coronation Island, was roughly charted by Powell in December 1821 and named Palmer's Bay after Capt. N.B. Palmer (Palmer Archipelago, q.v.), of the sloop Dove, with whom Powell was on a joint cruise, 1821-22. The bay was re-charted by Discovery Investigations in 1933. The bay was surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey from Signy, 1956-58.