Davis
Davis is a hamlet in Antarctica and has about 17 residents. Davis is situated nearby to the locality Old Wallow, as well as near Adams Flat.- Type: Hamlet with 17 residents
- Also known as: “Davis Station”
- Address: TAS 7151
- Postal code: 7151
Places of Interest
Highlights include Station Tarn and Anchorage Island.
Station Tarn
Pond
Station Tarn is a small fresh-water pond near the west end of Breidnes Peninsula, Vestfold Hills, immediately north of Heidemann Bay in Princess Elizabeth Land in Antarctica.
Anchorage Island
Peak
Anchorage Island is an island about 1 km long and 0.5 km wide, approximately 2 km north-west of Davis Station. It was mapped by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition.
Trigwell Island
Peak
Trigwell Island is an island in Prydz Bay, lying immediately west of Flutter Island and 1 nautical mile west of Breidnes Peninsula, Vestfold Hills. First mapped from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936–37.
Davis
- Categories: research, office, and locality
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-68.57691° or 68° 34′ 37″ south
Longitude
77.96837° or 77° 58′ 6″ east
Population
17
Elevation
27 metres (89 feet)
Inception
1929
Operator
Australian Antarctic Division
United Nations Location Code
AQ DAV
Open location code
3J3VCXF9+68
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
office=research
OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
GeoNames ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Davis” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “محطة ديفيس”
- Chinese: “戴维斯站”
- French: “Base antarctique Davis”
- French: “Base Antarctique Davis”
- German: “Davis-Station”
- Hebrew: “תחנת דייוויס”
- Hungarian: “Davis kutatóállomás”
- Italian: “Stazione Davis”
- Latvian: “Deiviso Stotis”
- Macedonian: “Дејвис”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Davis-Stasjonen”
- Russian: “Дейвис”
- Spanish: “Base Davis”
- Turkish: “Davis İstasyonu”
- Ukrainian: “Дейвіс”
- Vietnamese: “Trạm Davis”
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