Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Edward VII Peninsula an gano shi a ranar 30 ga Janairu 1902 ta British National Antarctic Expedition (BrNAE) (1901<unk>1904) a ƙarƙashin Robert Falcon Scott, wanda ya kira shi Sarki Edward VII Land don Sarki Edward VII na United Kingdom. Ƙungiyar Nimrod ta ci gaba da bincika bakin tekun
karkashin Ernest Shackleton a cikin 1908<unk>09, kuma rukunin farko na Jirgin Jirgin Sama na Antarctic na Jafananci wanda Shirase Nobu ya jagoranta a shekarar 1912. An sake sunan yankin zuwa " Edward VII Peninsula " bayan an tantance yanayin yankin na yankin ta hanyar binciken da Byrd Antarctic Expedition (1933<unk>1935) da United States Antarctic Service (USAS) Expedition (1939<unk>1941) suka gudanar.