Cape Daly
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Cape Daly is an ice-covered promontory on the coast, 3 nautical miles (6 km) west of Safety Island
and close southeast of the Robinson Group
. Discovered in February 1931 by the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) under Mawson, who named it for Senator Daly of the Australian Commonwealth Senate.
Safety Island
Safety Island is a small coastal island 3 miles east of Cape Daly. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37. First visited in 1954 by an ANARE party led by R.G. Dovers, and so named because it was the nearest safe camp site to...
and close southeast of the Robinson Group
Robinson Group
Robinson Group is a group of small islands extending 10 miles in an east-west direction, lying close northwest of Cape Daly. The group was observed by British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition under Mawson, 1931, who named it after W.S. Robinson of Melbourne, a patron of the...
. Discovered in February 1931 by the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) under Mawson, who named it for Senator Daly of the Australian Commonwealth Senate.