This cove and its surrounding features, frequented by early sealers at South Georgia, was charted by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04, under Otto Nordenskiöld who named it Grytviken.

Hope Point is a rocky bluff, 20 metres (70 ft) high, which forms the north side of the entrance to King Edward Cove.

The name appears on a chart based upon a survey of King Edward Cove by personnel on HMS Sappho in 1906.

The name is one of a group in the vicinity of Discovery Point derived from the chemical fixatives used there in biological work by the FIDS.

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