Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Davis Sea (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Davis Sea (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Sea (4)
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:
An area of the sea along the coast of Antarctica between West Ice Shelf and the Shackleton Ice Shelf. Discovered by AAE (1911-14) from the Aurora. Named by Sir Douglas Mawson for Capt. J.K. Davis, master of the Aurora and second in command of the expedition.
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