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{{Short description|Antarctic coast of northern Antarctic peninsula}} |
{{Short description|Antarctic coast of northern Antarctic peninsula}} |
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[[File:Ant-pen-map-Davis.PNG|thumb|Location of Davis Coast.]] |
[[File:Ant-pen-map-Davis.PNG|thumb|Location of Davis Coast.]] |
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'''Davis Coast''' ({{coord|64|S|60|W|scale:2000000_source:GNIS|display=inline,title}}) is that portion of the west coast of the [[Antarctic Peninsula]] between [[Cape Kjellman]] and [[Cape Sterneck]]. It was named by the [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] for Captain [[John Davis (sealer)|John Davis]], the American sealer who claimed to have made the first recorded landing on the continent of Antarctica at [[Hughes Bay]] on this coast in the ''Cecilia'', February 7, 1821. |
'''Davis Coast''' ({{coord|64|S|60|W|scale:2000000_source:GNIS|display=inline,title}}) is that portion of the west coast of the [[Antarctic Peninsula]] between [[Cape Kjellman]] and [[Cape Sterneck]]. It was named by the [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] for Captain [[John Davis (sealer)|John Davis]], the English-born American sealer who claimed to have made the first recorded landing on the continent of Antarctica at [[Hughes Bay]] on this coast in the ''Cecilia'', February 7, 1821. |
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== Further reading == |
== Further reading == |
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Revision as of 14:31, 15 February 2024
Davis Coast (64°S 60°W / 64°S 60°W) is that portion of the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula between Cape Kjellman and Cape Sterneck. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Captain John Davis, the English-born American sealer who claimed to have made the first recorded landing on the continent of Antarctica at Hughes Bay on this coast in the Cecilia, February 7, 1821.
Further reading
- Ute Christina Herzfeld, Atlas of Antarctica: Topographic Maps from Geostatistical Analysis of Satellite Radar Altimeter Data, P 115
References
This article incorporates public domain material from "Davis Coast". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
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