Davies Bay

Davies Bay (69°18′S 158°34′E) is a bay on the coast, 10 nautical miles (19 km) wide, between Drake Head and Cape Kinsey, Antarctica. It was discovered in February 1911 from the Terra Nova (Lieutenant Harry L.L. Pennell, Royal Navy) of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13, and named for Francis E.C. Davies, shipwright on the Terra Nova.[1]

Further reading

Ute Christina Herzfeld, Atlas of Antarctica: Topographic Maps from Geostatistical Analysis of Satellite Radar Altimeter Data, P 162
Roberto Cervellati, M. Chiara Ramorino, COMPOSITE GAZETTEER OF ANTARCTICA (CGA), PP 40, 48
AUSTRALIANS MAKE DISCOVERIES IN OATES LAND, PP 395 – 396

References

"Davies Bay". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-01-02.

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