Davey Point is a conspicuous rocky headland south-west of
Round Point Round Point is a point west of False Round Point on the north coast of King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica
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on the north coast of
King George Island, in the
South Shetland Islands
The South Shetland Islands are a group of List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands, Antarctic islands located in the Drake Passage with a total area of . They lie about north of the Antarctic Peninsula, and between southwest of the n ...
of
Antarctica
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.
History
This feature was charted and named ''Round Island'' by
Discovery Investigations
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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
UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee
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in 1960. Davey Point is named for Graham J. Davey, a
Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey
The Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (FIDASE) was an aerial survey of the Falkland Islands Dependencies
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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
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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, Antarctica. The island's surface ...
.
References
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Headlands of King George Island (South Shetland Islands)
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