Cave Island
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Cave Island is an island marked by a large cavern in its south side, which is the second largest of the Meade Islands
Meade Islands
Meade Islands is a group of two islands, the larger west one being Zverino Island and the smaller east one Cave Island, and rocks lying in the north entrance to McFarlane Strait in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Their surface areas are and . respectively...

 lying in the north entrance to McFarlane Strait
McFarlane Strait
McFarlane Strait is the 24.5 km long and 3.35 km wide strait lying between Greenwich and Livingston Island, in the South Shetland Islands...

, in the South Shetland Islands
South Shetland Islands
The South Shetland Islands are a group of Antarctic islands, lying about north of the Antarctic Peninsula, with a total area of . By the Antarctic Treaty of 1959, the Islands' sovereignty is neither recognized nor disputed by the signatories and they are free for use by any signatory for...

. The name Cave Rock appears to have been applied by DI
Discovery Investigations
The Discovery Investigations were a series of scientific cruises and shore-based investigations into the biology of whales in the Southern Ocean. They were funded by the British Colonial Office and organised by the Discovery Committee in London, which was formed in 1918...

 personnel on the Discovery II who charted the feature in 1935.

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