Davis Island (Palmer Archipelago)

For other uses, see Davis Island.

Davis Island

Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	64°6′S 62°4′W / 64.1°S 62.067°W / -64.1; -62.067
Archipelago	Palmer Archipelago
Length	2 mi (3 km)
Country
Antarctica
Demographics
Population	0
Additional information
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System

Davis Island (64°6′S 62°4′W / 64.1°S 62.067°W / -64.1; -62.067) is an island about 2 miles (3.2 km) long, situated in a position which blocks much of the channel between Brabant Island and Liege Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. The island was photographed and roughly charted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897-99. The naming, by J.B. Charcot, leader of the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903-05, honors Walter G. Davis, director of the Argentine government meteorological office at the time of the French exploration.

See also

• Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
• List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands
• List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S
• SCAR
• Territorial claims in Antarctica

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 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Davis Island (Palmer Archipelago)" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).

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