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David Island

Coordinates: 66°25′S 98°46′E / 66.417°S 98.767°E / -66.417; 98.767
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Not to be confused with Davids' Island (New York), Davids Island (Nunavut), or Davis Island (disambiguation).

David Island (66°25′S 98°46′E / 66.417°S 98.767°E / -66.417; 98.767) is an ice-covered island, 10 miles (16 km) long and 6 miles (10 km) wide, marked by rock exposures along its north and east sides, lying off Davis Peninsula in the Shackleton Ice Shelf in Antarctica. It was discovered in November 1912 by the Western Base party of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (AAE) under Mawson, and named by him for Professor Sir T.W. David Hunt, a member of the AAE Advisory Committee.

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  • Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "David Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.


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