The Davis Peninsula is an elongated ice-covered peninsula, wide, between Reid Glacier and Northcliffe Glacier. It was discovered in November 1912 by the

Australasian Antarctic Expedition The Australasian Antarctic Expedition was a 1911–1914 expedition headed by Douglas Mawson that explored the largely uncharted Antarctic coast due south of Australia. Mawson had been inspired to lead his own venture by his experiences on Ernest ...

under

Mawson Sir Douglas Mawson (5 May 1882 – 14 October 1958) was a British-born Australian geologist, Antarctic explorer, and academic. Along with Roald Amundsen, Robert Falcon Scott, and Sir Ernest Shackleton, he was a key expedition leader during ...

, who named it for Captain John King Davis.

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Peninsulas of Antarctica Landforms of Queen Mary Land {{QueenMaryLand-geo-stub