Faʻaauau mo lenei palakalafa - Edward VII Peninsula na maua i le aso 30 Ianuari 1902 e le British National Antarctic Expedition (BrNAE) (1901<unk>1904) i lalo o Robert Falcon Scott, o le na faʻaigoaina o King Edward VII Land mo King Edward VII o le United Kingdom. Na suʻesuʻeina atili le talafatai e le ʻaumalaga a Nimarota
i lalo o le taʻitaʻiga a Ernest Shackleton i le 1908<unk>09, ma o le uluai folauga na faia e se vaega o le Iapani Antarctic Expedition na taʻitaʻia e Shirase Nobu i le 1912. O le itulagi na toe faaigoaina o le "Edward VII Peninsula" ina ua maeʻa ona fuafuaina le peninsula o le itulagi e ala i suʻesuʻega na faia e le Byrd Antarctic Expedition (1933<unk>1935) ma le United States Antarctic Service (USAS) Expedition (1939<unk>1941).