Davis Coast

Davis Coast (64°S 60°W / 64°S 60°W / -64; -60) is that portion of the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula between Cape Kjellman and Cape Sterneck. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Captain John Davis, the English-born American sealer who claimed to have made the first recorded landing on the continent of Antarctica at Hughes Bay on this coast in the Cecilia, February 7, 1821.

Further reading

• Ute Christina Herzfeld, Atlas of Antarctica: Topographic Maps from Geostatistical Analysis of Satellite Radar Altimeter Data, P 115

References

•  This article incorporates public domain material from "Davis Coast". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.

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Coasts and plateaus of the Antarctic Peninsula

North to south: Feature • Coast • Feature • Coast • ...

West coast

Graham Land	Trinity Peninsula Cape Kjellman Davis Coast‎ Cape Sterneck Danco Coast Cape Renard Graham Coast‎ Cape Bellue Loubet Coast Bourgeois Fjord Fallières Coast‎ Cape Jeremy
Palmer Land	Cape Jeremy Rymill Coast Buttress Nunataks English Coast Eklund Islands
Ellsworth Land	Eklund Islands English Coast Rydberg Peninsula

East coast

Graham Land	Trinity Peninsula Cape Longing Nordenskjöld Coast‎ Cape Fairweather Oscar II Coast‎ Cape Alexander Foyn Coast Cape Northrop Bowman Coast‎ Cape Agassiz
Palmer Land	Cape Agassiz Wilkins Coast Cape Boggs Black Coast Cape Mackintosh Lassiter Coast Cape Adams
Ellsworth Land	Cape Adams Orville Coast Cape Zumberge Zumberge Coast Hercules Inlet

Central plateaus

• Laclavère Plateau
• Louis Philippe Plateau
• Detroit Plateau
• Herbert Plateau
• Foster Plateau
• Forbidden Plateau
• Bruce Plateau
• Avery Plateau
• Hemimont Plateau
• Dyer Plateau

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