Davies Heights
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| location | Fildes Peninsula , King George Island , South Shetland Islands | |
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| Coordinates | 62 ° 10 '53 " S , 58 ° 56' 23" W | |
The Davies Heights are a 150 m high, 1.5 km long and roughly elliptical shaped plateau on King George Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is located in the north-central part of the Fildes Peninsula . The plateau has steep flanks and a wave-shaped elevation that rises 60 m above the surrounding area.
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named this formation in 1978 after the British geologist Robert Elwyn Sandel Davies (* 1953) of the British Antarctic Survey , who was active in this area from 1975 to 1976.
Web links
- Davies Heights in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Davies Heights on geographic.org (English)