Davies Dome
| Davies Dome | ||
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| height | 400 m | |
| location | James Ross Island ( Ross Islands , West Antarctica ) | |
| Coordinates | 63 ° 53 ′ 21 ″ S , 58 ° 3 ′ 1 ″ W | |
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The Davies Dome is a small, 400 m high ice dome with rocky side flanks on James Ross Island off the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises southeast of Stoneley Point .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named him in 1988 after Gwion (called "Taff") Davies (1917-2005), general assistant in Operation Tabarin in Port Lockroy from 1943 to 1944 and in Hope Bay from 1944 to 1945.
Web links
- Davies Dome in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Davies Dome on geographic.org (English)