Davis glacier
| Davis glacier | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Prince Albert Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| length | 28 km | |
| Coordinates | 75 ° 45 ′ S , 162 ° 10 ′ E | |
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| drainage | McMurdo Sound | |
The Davis Glacier is a very rugged glacier on the Scott Coast of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . Its area of origin is the northwest flank of Mount George Murray . With a total length of 28 km, it flows into McMurdo Sound opposite the southern end of Lamplugh Island and meets with the ice masses of the Cheetham ice tongue .
The Davis Glacier was first mapped by participants in the Nimrod Expedition (1907-1909) and named after John King Davis (1884-1967), first officer and later captain of the expedition ship Nimrod .
See also
Web links
- Davis Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Davis Glacier on geographic.org (English)
- Davis Glacier. In: Kenneth J. Bertrand and Fred G. Alberts, Geographic names of Antarctica , US Govt. Print. Off., Washington 1956, p. 101 (English)