King named the gulf after the His Royal Highness the Viceroy of Hanover who was also the Duke of Cambridge at that time, as well as being Prince Adolphus.
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On September 17, 1819 Philip Parker King on the survey cutter HMS Mermaid, who was mapping the entire north Australian coastline, had landed at Lacrosse Island, from where he noticed a "deep opening" to the south.
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Adolphus Island splits the southern end of the sound with a navigatable channel being found on the western arm.
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The HMS Mermaid spends many days during which King discovered, mapped and named the Cambridge Gulf, of which historians tell us was named after the Duke of Cambridge.
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Cape Domett is at the eastern side of the mouth of the Cambridge Gulf in the Kimberley region of Western Australia.
Cape Dussejour is located at the western side of the entrance to the Cambridge Gulf in the Kimberley region of Western Australia.