COMPOSITE GAZETTEER OF ANTARCTICA

NE point of Mackenzie Peninsula, Laurie Island, was roughly charted by Powell and Palmer in 1821; mapped by SNAE in 1903 when the name was first applied to the NW point of the peninsula (Route Point, q.v.) after Capt. Thomas Robertson (1854-1918), Scottish whaling captain; Master of Active on DWE and of Scotia on SNAE (Bruce and others, chart, [1903c]; Bruce, 1905b, map facing p.322; BA, 1930, p.50). Route Point, Route Pynten (Sørlle, chart, 1912; [1930]). The cape was recharted by DI in 1933. Cabo Robertson (Argentina. CNA, 1947, map p.54). The name Cape Robertson was later applied to the present feature (BA, 1948, p.132; APC, 1955, p.18).

Cape which marks the W side of the entrance to Jessie Bay, in the NW part of Laurie Island in the South Orkney Islands. It lies 1 mi E of Route Point at the N end of Mackenzie Peninsula. On the map of Laurie Island by the ScotNAE under Bruce, 1902-04, the name Cape Robertson appears in the position of Route Point, previously named by Capt. George Powell and Capt. Nathaniel Palmer in 1821. The name Route Point is retained for the NW end of Mackenzie Peninsula; Cape Robertson is the NE extremity. Named for Thomas Robertson, captain of the Scotia, expedition ship of the ScotNAE.