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)
SCAR Gazetteer Information: Each place can have one or more entries in the SCAR Composite Gazetteer, dependant on its origin. By viewing an individual entry, you may see multiple references to the same place. SCAR uses a more general feature type coding, so each place will, in general, have multiple feature types.
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Davis Sea (AUS) | 66° 00' 00.0" S | 92° 00' 00.0" E | Sea |
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Name ID: 2466
Place ID: 3392
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. |
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| Davis Sea (RUS) | 65° 00' 00.0" S | 90° 00' 00.0" E | Sea |
| Name ID: 117636 Place ID: 3392 | |||
| Davis Sea (USA) | 66° 00' 00.0" S | 92° 00' 00.0" E | Sea |
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Name ID: 124158
Place ID: 3392
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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