Davey Point is a conspicuous rocky headland south-west of

Round Point Round Point is a point west of False Round Point False Round Point is a point west of North Foreland and south of Ridley Island, on the north coast of King George Island in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. The point has appeared on ...

on the north coast of King George Island, in the

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History

This feature was charted and named ''Round Island'' by

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personnel on the ''Discovery II'' in 1935, but air photos now show that it is not an island but a rocky point. Since there is already a Round Point on King George Island, a new name was substituted by the

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in 1960. Davey Point is named for Graham J. Davey, a

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assistant surveyor at Admiralty Bay in 1957 and 1958, who triangulated King George Island and extended this triangulation to Nelson Island,

Robert Island Robert Island or Mitchells Island or Polotsk Island or Roberts Island is an island long and wide, situated between Nelson Island and Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Robert Island is located at . Surface area . ...

and

Greenwich Island Greenwich Island (variant historical names ''Sartorius Island'', ''Berezina Island'') is an island long and from (average ) wide, lying between Robert Island and Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands. Surface area . The name Greenwic ...

References

* Headlands of King George Island (South Shetland Islands) {{KingGeorgeIslandAQ-geo-stub