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 (AUS) | 68° 34' 35.0" S | 77° 58' 08.0" E | Station |
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Name ID: 2495
Place ID: 3394
The second ANARE station on the Antarctic Continent. Located in the Vestfold Hills on the Ingrid Christensen Coast. The station was established by an expedition led by Phillip Law on 13 January 1957. He named the station after Captain J K Davis, second-in-command of the A A E (1911-14) and BANZARE (1929-30), a member of the Executive Planning Committee of ANARE. The station was temporarily closed on 25 January 1965, and re-opened on15 February, 1969. |
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| Davis /Austral./ (RUS) | 68° 35' 00.0" S | 77° 58' 00.0" E | Station |
| Name ID: 117637 Place ID: 3394 | |||
| Davis Station (USA) | 68° 34' 37.0" S | 77° 58' 21.0" E | Station |
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Name ID: 135966
Place ID: 3394
A year-round station operated by Australia opened in 1957 - Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs (COMNAP), May 18, 2006. |
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