This page presents the geographical name data for
Davis Islands in Antarctica, as supplied by the US military intelligence in electronic format, including the geographic coordinates and place name in various forms, latin, roman and native characters, and its location in its respective country's administrative division
Feature Name
(see definition):
Davis Islands
Feature Class
(see definition):
Island
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
3589
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
66° 40' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
108° 25' 00" E
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-66.6666667
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
108.4166667
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1963
Description
(see definition):
A small group of rocky islands lying in the west part of the entrance to Vincennes Bay. First mapped (1955) by G.D. Blodgett from aerial photographs taken by U.S. Navy (USN) Operation Highjump (1947). Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Malcolm Davis, bird curator of the zoo, Washington, DC, who served as biologist aboard the ship as ornithologist during U.S. Navy (USN) Operation Windmill (1947-48).
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Davis Islands in Antarctica on this page is published from the data supplied by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, a member of the Intelligence community of the Antarctica, and a Department of Defense (DoD) Combat Support Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of
Davis Islands information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Davis Islands should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.