Name details

Davis Nunataks

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

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

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 139757

Feature type: Nunatak

Origin

This name originates from New Zealand. It is part of the New Zealand Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

A small cluster of rock nunataks 6.5km northwest of Mount Ward, the feature being a southern outlier of the main body of the Dominion Range.

Named For

Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Ronald N. Davis, U.S. Antarctic Research Program (USARP) geomagnetist-seismologist at South Pole Station, winter 1963.

Location

Latitude:
85° 37' 37.2" S
-85.62700°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
166° 35' 41.4" E
166.59482°
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Altitude:
2443 m
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
0.5m Antarctic Imagery Mosaic, DigitalGlobe Inc 2018
Source Identifier:
102001005B10FA00
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Polar Geospatial Center
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Height at reference point

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
16-Nov-1965

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