Cape Davis () is a rounded ice-covered cape along the north coast of Edward VIII Plateau, east of

Magnet Bay Magnet Bay is a shallow coastal indentation, wide and receding only , located west of Cape Davis at the northwest side of Edward VIII Plateau in Antarctica. The British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition, 1929–31, under Maw ...

. It was discovered on 12 January 1930 by the

British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition The British Australian (and) New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) was a research expedition into Antarctica between 1929 and 1931, involving two voyages over consecutive Austral summers. It was a British Commonwealth initiative, dr ...

(BANZARE) under

Mawson Sir Douglas Mawson OBE FRS FAA (5 May 1882 – 14 October 1958) was an Australian geologist, Antarctic explorer, and academic. Along with Roald Amundsen, Robert Falcon Scott, and Sir Ernest Shackleton, he was a key expedition leader dur ...

, who named it for Captain

John King Davis John King Davis (19 February 1884 – 8 May 1967) was an English-born Australian explorer and navigator notable for his work captaining exploration ships in Antarctic waters as well as for establishing meteorological stations on Macquar ...

, Director of Navigation under the Commonwealth Government and ship's captain and second in command of BANZARE.

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Headlands of Mac. Robertson Land {{MacRobertsonLand-geo-stub