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Davies Bay (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Davies Bay (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Bay
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:
A bay on the coast of Oates Land just east of Drake Head. A bay in this vicinity was discovered and named in February, 1911, from the Terra Nova under Lieut. H L Pennell, RN. Photographed in February 1959, by the ANARE Expedition on the Magga Dan under Phillip Law. Named after Francis Davies, shipwright on the Terra Nova.
Francis Davies, shipwright on the Terra Nova
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