66°39′S 108°26′E
Davis Islands
The Davis Islands (66°40′S 108°25′E) are a small group of rocky islands lying in the west part of the entrance to Vincennes Bay. S. Navy Operation Highjump (1947). S. Navy Operation Windmill (1947–48).
Overview
The Davis Islands (66°40′S 108°25′E) are a small group of rocky islands lying in the west part of the entrance to Vincennes Bay. First mapped (1955) by Gardner Dean Blodgett from aerial photographs taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump (1947). Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Malcolm Davis, bird curator of the zoo, Washington, DC, who served as biologist aboard the ship as ornithologist during U.S. Navy Operation Windmill (1947–48).
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Census, cataloged
- Major islands3
- Minor islands0
- Islets6
- Rocks & skerries0
Major islands
3
Hudson Island
- Area
- 1.1 km²
Unnamed island
- Area
- 0.16 km²
Unnamed island
- Area
- 0.1 km²
Islets
6
- Unnamed island0.08 km²
- Unnamed island0.05 km²
- Unnamed island0.04 km²
- Unnamed island0.04 km²
- Unnamed island0.01 km²
- Unnamed island0.3 ha
Figures
To the same scale
Islands by area
km², log scale
| Hudson Island | 1.1 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.16 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.1 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.08 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.05 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.04 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.04 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.01 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.3 ha |