Cape Davies

Not to be confused with Cape Davis.

Map of Thurston Island.

Satellite image of Thurston Island.

Cape Davies (71°50′S 100°4′W / 71.833°S 100.067°W / -71.833; -100.067Coordinates: 71°50′S 100°4′W / 71.833°S 100.067°W / -71.833; -100.067) is an ice-covered cape at the northeast end of the Hughes Peninsula, Thurston Island. It was first delineated from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump in December 1946, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Frank Davies, a physicist with the Byrd Antarctic Expedition in 1928–30.

Maps

Thurston Island – Jones Mountains. 1:500000 Antarctica Sketch Map. US Geological Survey, 1967.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

References

This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Davies, Cape" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).

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