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
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:
An area of sea off the coasts of Queen Mary Land and Wilhelm II Land, between the Shackleton Ice Shelf and the West Ice Shelf.
Discovered by AAE (1911-14) from the SY Aurora. Named by Sir Douglas Mawson after Captain J K Davis, master of the SY Aurora, and second-in-command of the expedition.
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