Cape Hooker is a cape on the northeast portion of the cove

Cove

A cove is a small type of bay or coastal inlet. They usually have narrow, restricted entrances, are often circular or oval, and are often inside a larger bay. Small, narrow, sheltered bays, inlets, creeks, or recesses in a coast are often considered coves...

 which includes Davis Ice Piedmont

Davis Ice Piedmont

Davis Ice Piedmont is an ice piedmont about 10 nautical miles long and 4 nautical miles wide, located along the north side of Missen Ridge on the north coast of Victoria Land. The name "Cape Davis," after John E. Davis, Second Master of the James C. Ross in 1841...

, on the north coast of Victoria Land

Victoria Land

Victoria Land is a region of Antarctica bounded on the east by the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea and on the west by Oates Land and Wilkes Land. It was discovered by Captain James Clark Ross in January 1841 and named after the UK's Queen Victoria...

. With Cape Dayman

Cape Dayman

Cape Dayman is a cape on the north side of Tapsell Foreland that forms the south side of the entrance to Yule Bay, in Victoria Land. Discovered by Captain James Clark Ross, 1841, who named it after Joseph Dayman, mate on the ship Erebus....

 to the east-southeast, it forms an outer entrance point to Yule Bay

Yule Bay

Yule Bay is a bay indenting the coast of northern Victoria Land between Cape Hooker and Cape Dayman. An inner portion of the bay is circumscribed by Bates Point and Ackroyd Point. Discovered by Captain James Clark Ross, 1841, who named it for Henry B. Yule, Second Master on the HMS Erebus....

. It was discovered by Captain James Clark Ross

James Clark Ross

Sir James Clark Ross , was a British naval officer and explorer. He explored the Arctic with his uncle Sir John Ross and Sir William Parry, and later led his own expedition to Antarctica.-Arctic explorer:...

, 1841, who named it for Joseph Dalton Hooker

Joseph Dalton Hooker

Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker OM, GCSI, CB, MD, FRS was one of the greatest British botanists and explorers of the 19th century. Hooker was a founder of geographical botany, and Charles Darwin's closest friend...

(later Sir Joseph), naturalist and assistant surgeon on the Erebus who became internationally famous as a botanist.