Cape Davis is a rounded ice-covered cape along the north coast of Edward VIII Plateau

Edward VIII Plateau

The Edward VIII Plateau is a dome-shaped, ice-covered peninsula between Magnet Bay and Edward VIII Bay. It was probably seen by personnel on the RSS William Scoresby in 1936, and mapped from aerial photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37, and named Gulfplataet...

, 9 nautical miles (17 km) east of Magnet Bay

Magnet Bay

Magnet Bay is a shallow coastal indentation, 7 miles wide and receding only 2 miles, located 9 miles west of Cape Davis at the northwest side of Edward VIII Plateau, in Antarctica...

. Discovered on January 12, 1930, by the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) under Mawson, who named it for Captain John King Davis

John King Davis

John King Davis, CBE was an English-born Australian explorer and navigator notable for his work captaining exploration ships in Antarctic waters as well as for establishing meteorological stations on Macquarie Island in the subantarctic and on Willis Island in the Coral Sea.-Early life:Davis's...

, Director of Navigation under the Commonwealth Government and ship's captain and second in command of the BANZARE.