Davis Ice Piedmont
Davis Ice Piedmont (70°38′S 166°16′E / 70.633°S 166.267°ECoordinates: 70°38′S 166°16′E / 70.633°S 166.267°E) is an ice piedmont about 10 nautical miles (20 km) long and 4 nautical miles (7 km) wide, located along the north side of Missen Ridge on the north coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica. The name Cape Davis, after , Second Master of the Terror, was given to a cape in the immediate area by Captain James C. Ross in 1841. Since no significant cape exists here, the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names and the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee have reapplied the name "Davis" to this ice piedmont. The geographical feature lies situated on the Pennell Coast, a portion of Antarctica lying between Cape Williams and Cape Adare.[1][2]
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- ^ "Davis Ice Piedmont". Gna-GeographicNamesOfTheAntarctic1stEdition1981_djvu. p. 510. Retrieved 2012-01-03.
- ^ "Davis Ice Piedmont". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-01-03.
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