David Island (Antarctica)
| David Island | ||
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| Waters | Shackleton Ice Shelf | |
| Geographical location | 66 ° 25 ′ S , 98 ° 46 ′ E | |
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| length | 16 km | |
| width | 10 km | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
David Island is an island off the coast of the East Antarctic Queen Marie Land , which is characterized by rocky outcrops on its north and east flanks. It lies across the Davis Peninsula in the middle of the Shackleton Ice Shelf .
It was discovered in November 1912 by the team of the west base of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911-1914) under the direction of the Australian polar explorer Douglas Mawson . Mawson named it after his mentor Edgeworth David (1858-1934), who had participated with him on the Nimrod Expedition (1907-1909) and was now a member of the advisory board of Mawson's expedition.
Web links
- David Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- David Island on geographic.org (English)