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 Anchorage (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Davis Anchorage (The name as it would appear on a map)
If this information is incorrect, please e-mail mapping@aad.gov.au
Feature type: Anchorage
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:
The body of water, with general depths of 18 to 24 m extending about 2 km southwards from the southern point of Anchorage Island, Vestfold Hills. It is bounded on the west by a line joining Krat Rocks and Newman Shoal, and on the east by the rocks and shoal water extending for about 1 km offshore from Davis station. This anchorage has been used by ANARE relief expedition ships since 1957. A hydrographic survey was carried out in 1961 by D'A T Gale, hydrographic surveyor with the ANARE Expedition on MV Thala Dan led by D R Styles.
Biodiversity
View
fauna,
flora or
both
within 1.0 degree of this location
Place names
View
Australian or
international
place names within 1.0 degree of this location.