ɪt wʌz ˈɔːlsoʊ nˈeɪmd baɪ kˈæptɪn fˈɪlɪp pˈɑːɹkɚ kˈɪŋ, ˈæftɚ kˈæptɪn klˈɜːk, hˌuː hæd ɹᵻpˈoːɹɾᵻd ɪt fɹʌm ɐ wˈeɪlɚ bᵻtwˌiːn wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd ænd wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪn.
It was also named by Captain Philip Parker King, after Captain Clerke, who had reported it from a whaler between 1800 and 1809.