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Cape Kinsey () is an ice-covered cape at the east side of
Davies Bay Davies Bay () is a bay on the coast of Antarctica, wide, between Drake Head and Cape Kinsey. Discovery and naming Davies Bay was discovered in February 1911 from the ''Terra Nova'' (Lieutenant Harry L.L. Pennell, Royal Navy) of the British A ...
, Antarctica. It was discovered in February 1911 by Lieutenant H.L.L. Pennell,
Royal Navy The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against F ...
, of the British Antarctic Expedition under
Robert Falcon Scott Captain Robert Falcon Scott, , (6 June 1868 – c. 29 March 1912) was a British Royal Navy officer and explorer who led two expeditions to the Antarctic regions: the ''Discovery'' expedition of 1901–1904 and the ill-fated ''Terra Nov ...
, and was named by the expedition for Mr. J.J. Kinsey, who was the official representative of the expedition at
Christchurch Christchurch ( ; mi, Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region. Christchurch lies on the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula on Pegasus Bay. The Avon River / ...
, New Zealand.


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