Cape Davies
| Cape Davies | ||
 Map of Thurston Island with Cape Davies at the end of the Hughes Peninsula (center left) |
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| Coordinates | 71 ° 53 ′ S , 100 ° 0 ′ W | |
| location | Thurston Island , West Antarctica | |
| coast | Hughes Peninsula | |
| Waters | Bellingshausen lake | |
| Waters 2 | Henry Inlet | |
The Cape Davies is an icy Cape at the northeastern end of Hughes Peninsula in the north of Thurston Island off the coast of the West Antarctic Ellsworthlands .
The cape was first determined using aerial photographs taken by the United States Navy during Operation Highjump (1946–1947). The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it after Frank Thomas Davies (1904–1981), a physicist on the American Byrd Antarctic Expedition (1928–1930).
Web links
- Cape Davies in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cape Davies on geographic.org (English)