Feature Name (see definition): Davis Island

Feature Class (see definition): Island

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 3588

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 64° 06' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 062° 04' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -64.1

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -62.0666667

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1965

Description (see definition): An island about 2 mi long, situated in a position which blocks much of the channel between Brabant Island and Liege Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. The island was photographed and roughly charted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition (BelgAE), 1897-99. The naming, by J.B. Charcot, leader of the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903-05, honors Walter G. Davis, director of the Argentine government meteorological office at the time of the French exploration.

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