Davies Bay
Bay in Antarctica
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::summary Bay in Antarctica ::
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| Field | Value |
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| name | Davies Bay |
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| oceans | Southern Ocean |
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| pushpin_map | Antarctica |
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| name = Davies Bay | image = | alt = | location = | coordinates = | type = | oceans = Southern Ocean | catchment = | basin_countries = | pushpin_map = Antarctica | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = Davies Bay () is a bay on the coast of Antarctica, 10 nmi wide, between Drake Head and Cape Kinsey.
Discovery and naming
Davies Bay was discovered in February 1911 from the Terra Nova (Lieutenant Harry L.L. Pennell, Royal Navy) of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13. It was named for Francis E. C. Davies, shipwright on the Terra Nova. Davies built the Observation Hill Cross, erected in January 1913 as a memorial to the five members of Robert Falcon Scott's party who perished in March 1912 on the return journey from the South Pole.
Location
Davies Bay lies between Drake Head to the northwest and Cape Kinsey to the southeast. The Aviation Islands are to the north of Cape Kinsey. The Wilson Hills are inland from the bay. Coastal features include Stanwix Ridge, McLeod Glacier, Arthurson Ridge, Cook Ridge, Paternostro Glacier and the Goodman Hills, which include Mount Conrad and the Knight Nunatak.
Features
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e4/C69198s1_Suvorov_Glacier.jpg" caption="Davies Bay to northwest of map"] ::
Drake Head
Stanwix Ridge
McLeod Glacier
Arthurson Ridge
Main article: Arthurson Ridge
Cook Ridge
Paternostro Glacier
Goodman Hills
Mount Conrad
Knight Nunatak
Cape Kinsey
Aviation Islands
References
Sources
- {{citation|url=https://pubs.usgs.gov/fedgov/70039167/report.pdf |accessdate=2023-12-03 |edition=2 |editor-last=Alberts |title=Geographic Names of the Antarctic |editor-first=Fred G. |publisher=United States Board on Geographic Names |year=1995}}
- {{citation |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:C69198s1_Suvorov_Glacier.jpg |accessdate=2024-01-19 |title=Suvorov Glacier |publisher=USGS: United States Geological Survey |ref= }}
References
- (1913). "Scott's Last Expedition". Smith, Elder & Co.
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