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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United States Gazetteer Id 124151

Feature type: Island (5)

Origin

This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

A small group of rocky islands lying in the west part of the entrance to Vincennes Bay. First mapped (1955) by G.D. Blodgett from aerial photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1947). Named by US-ACAN for Malcolm Davis, bird curator of the zoo, Washington, DC, who served as biologist aboard the ship as ornithologist during USN Operation Windmill (1947-48).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
66° 40' 00.0" S
-66.66667°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
108° 25' 00.0" E
108.41667°
Unknown precision
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:
Unknown
Source Name:
Unknown
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
1-Jan-1963

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