Point Davis
| Point Davis | ||
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| Coordinates | 60 ° 45 ′ S , 44 ° 41 ′ W | |
| location | Laurie Island , South Orkney Islands | |
| Waters | Scotia Bay | |
Point Davis is a headland of Laurie Island in the South Orkney Archipelago . It is 1.9 km west-northwest of Point Rae on the north shore of Scotia Bay .
Participants of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition (1902-1904) under the direction of polar explorer William Speirs Bruce mapped it in 1903. Bruce named the headland after the American meteorologist Walter Gould Davis (1851-1919), then director of the Argentine Meteorological Office .
Web links
- Point Davis in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Point Davis on geographic.org (English)