Davis Anchorage
| Davis Anchorage | ||
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| Waters | Cooperation Lake , Southern Ocean | |
| Land mass | Princess Elisabeth Land , East Antarctica | |
| Geographical location | 68 ° 34 ′ 0 ″ S , 77 ° 55 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| width | 1.5 | |
| Greatest water depth | 24 m | |
| Islands | Hobby Rocks , Krat Rocks | |
Davis Anchorage is a small bay on the Ingrid Christensen Coast of Princess Elisabeth Land, East Antarctica . It is across the Breidnes Peninsula in the Vestfold Mountains . The bay is bounded on the west by the Krat Rocks and Hobby Rocks and on the east by rocks and shallows , which are 800 m in front of Davis Station .
The bay serves as a mooring ( English anchorage ) for the ships of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions to visit the Davis Station, after which the bay is named for the 1957th
Web links
- Davis Anchorage in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Davis Anchorage on geographic.org (English)