Prong Point

Prong Point (60°32′S 45°34′W) is a narrow protruding headland forming the west side of the entrance to Ommanney Bay on the north coast of Coronation Island, in the South Orkney Islands. First seen in December 1821 in the course of a joint cruise by Captain Nathaniel Palmer, American sealer, and Captain George Powell, British sealer. Surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1956-58 and given this descriptive name by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1959.

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