The island was mapped by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936–37.

It was remapped by ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) (1957–58) and named for P.B.

Turner, a radio officer at Davis Station in 1958.

The site was designated an IBA by BirdLife International because it supports large colonies of Adélie penguins totalling some 29,000 breeding pairs, based on 2012 satellite imagery.

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