Name details

Davis Islands

Davis Islands (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Davis Islands  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 1038

Feature type: Island

Origin

This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

A small group of rocky islands and rocks on the western side of Vincennes Bay. Mapped from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47), also photographed by ANARE in 1956. Position fixed in Feburary 1960, during a landing by the ANARE Expedition on the Magga Dan led by Phillip Law. Named by USACAN after Malcolm Davis, bird curator of the Smithsonian Institution at the Washington (DC) Zoo, who was ornithologist with USN Operation Windmill (1947-48).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
66° 40' 29.0" S
-66.67472°
Accurate to 200m
Longitude:
108° 25' 28.0" E
108.42444°
Accurate to 200m
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images


©AAD, Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 1960
Catalogue id
3930C3
Caption
Davis Islands . A small group, including Hudson Island in the west part of the entrance to Vincennes Bay. Named after Malcom Davis
Photographer
Law, Phillip Garth (Phil)

Map

Source

Location Method:
Satellite Image
Source Name:
LIMA - Landsat Image Mosaic Antarctica
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
1:25000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
USGS - United States Geological Survey
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
11-Aug-1958

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