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A peak (c.3280m) standing 5.2km ENE of Mount McClintock in the central part of Britannia Range.

A glacier flowing eastwards into the Ross Ice Shelf from the Darwin Mountains. This area was first explored by the British National Antarctic Expedition (1901-04) under Scott. Named from the Darwin Mountains.

Mountains about 1900 m above sea level in the Britannia Range, north-west of Barne Inlet (Ross Dependency). Discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition (1901-04) under Scott, who named it after Major Leonard Darwin, Honorary Secretary of the Royal Geographical Society.

A large snow field feeding the Darwin and Hatherton Glaciers. Named from the Darwin Glacier by the Darwin Glacier Party of the TAE (1956-58).

A nunatak about 2 km west of Mount Bewsher in the Aramis Range, Prince Charles Mountains. Plotted from ANARE air photographs. Named after E V Davern, radio officer at Wilkes in 1963 and senior weather observer (radio) at Wilkes in 1967.

A group of seven small nunataks about 7 km SSW of Mount Harding in the Grove Mountains, Princess Elizabeth Land. Plotted from ANARE air photographs. Named after S L Davey, topographic draughtsman with the (then) Division of National Mapping of the Australian Department of National Development.

A glacier mainly in the Ross Dependency, about 13 km in width and of undetermined length. It has many icefalls, seracs and crevasses and flows east into the southern part of the Drygalski Ice Tongue in Victoria Land. The glacier was discovered by the South Magnetic Polar Party of the British Antarctic Expedition 1907-09, in November 1908, and named after the leader of that party, Professor T W Edgeworth (later Sir Edgeworth) David, of Sydney University.

An ice-covered island about 19 km long and 11 km wide, which is marked by rock exposures along the northern and eastern sides, and is lying off the mouth of the Reid Glacier in Queen Mary Land. Discovered by the Western Base Party of A A E (1911-14). Named by Sir Douglas Mawson after Professor Sir R W Edgeworth David, a member of the AAE Advisory Committee.

A range about 11 km west of and parallel to the Masson Range in Mac.Robertson Land. BANZARE saw the peaks of this range, together with those of the Masson and Casey Ranges, miraged on the horizon during the evening of 4 January 1930. They were again seen the following day from the aeroplane. The range was mapped on 14 February, 1931, from the Discovery. Named by Sir Douglas Mawson after Professor Sir T. W. Edgeworth David, a member of the BANZARE Committee.

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.

A colony of emperor penguins located on the fast ice near the coast in Davies Bay, Oates Coast, Oates Land. It was discovered by BAS in 2009 from a satellite image taken in 2002. Note: emperor penguin colonies may not remain in one fixed location.

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.

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.

A bay, about 22 km wide at the entrance and about 13 km long, on Wilkes Coast, between Cape Cesney and Lewis Island. Discovered in January 1912, by the AAE (1911-14) from the expedition ship SYAurora. Named by Sir Douglas Mawson after Captain J K Davis, master of the SY Aurora and second-in-command of the expedition.

A short sandy beach some 100 metres from Davis station. A known haul out area for southern elephant seals.

A high snow covered dome near the summit of Big Ben, Heard Island at a height of about 2380 metres.

A small group of rocky islands and rocks on the western side of Vincennes Bay. Mapped from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47), also photographed by ANARE in 1956. Position fixed in Feburary 1960, during a landing by the ANARE Expedition on the Magga Dan led by Phillip Law. Named by USACAN after Malcolm Davis, bird curator of the Smithsonian Institution at the Washington (DC) Zoo, who was ornithologist with USN Operation Windmill (1947-48).

A nunatak lying at the head of the Lucy Glacier, 13 km north of Mount Ester. Plotted by the US Geological Survey from air photographs taken by the US Navy in 1960-62. Named by USACAN after T C Davis Jnr., USARP geologist at McMurdo station in 1961-62.

A long strip of ice-capped land between Robinson Bay and Reid Glacier in Queen Mary Land. Discovered by the Western Base Party of AAE (1911-14). Named by Sir Douglas Mawson after Captain J K Davis, master of the SYAurora and second-in-command of the expedition.