Davis_Coast

Davis Coast

Davis Coast

Antarctic coast of northern Antarctic peninsula


Davis Coast (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.

Location of Davis Coast.

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



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