Davis Island (Palmer Archipelago)

Davis Island

Davis Island Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	64°6′S 62°4′W / 64.100°S 62.067°W / -64.100; -62.067Coordinates: 64°6′S 62°4′W / 64.100°S 62.067°W / -64.100; -62.067
Archipelago	Palmer Archipelago
Length	3.7 km (2.3 mi)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited

Davis Island is an island about 3.7 km (2 nmi) long, situated in a position which blocks much of the channel between Brabant Island and Liège Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. It is separated from Liège Island on the north by Zlogosh Passage, and from Albena Peninsula, Brabant Island on the south by Sumer Passage.

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 islands south of 60° S
• Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
• Territorial claims in Antarctica

References

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