Davis Ice Piedmont () is an

ice piedmont An ice piedmont consists of "Ice covering a coastal strip of low-lying land backed by mountains." Further reading * Vijay P. Singh, Pratap Singh, Umesh K. Haritashya, editors, 'Encyclopedia of Snow, Ice and Glaciers'', P 49 References

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about long and wide, located along the north side of Missen Ridge on the north coast of

Victoria Land Victoria Land is a region in eastern Antarctica which fronts the western side of the Ross Sea and the Ross Ice Shelf, extending southward from about 70°30'S to 78th parallel south, 78°00'S, and westward from the Ross Sea to the edge of the Ant ...

, Antarctica.

Exploration and naming

The name ''Cape Davis'', after John E. Davis, Second Master of the HMS ''Terror'', was given to a cape in the immediate area by Captain

James Clark Ross Sir James Clark Ross (15 April 1800 – 3 April 1862) was a British Royal Navy officer and explorer of both the northern and southern polar regions. In the Arctic, he participated in two expeditions led by his uncle, Sir John Ross, John ...

in 1841. Since no significant cape exists here, the United States

Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (ACAN or US-ACAN) is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending commemorative names for features in Antarctica. History The committee was established ...

(US-ACAN) and the

New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC) is an adjudicating committee established to authorize the naming of features in the Ross Dependency on the Antarctic continent. It is composed of the members of the New Zealand Geographic Board pl ...

(NZ-APC) have reapplied the name "Davis" to this ice piedmont.

Location

The Davis Ice Piedmont extends into the Pacific Ocean to the north of

Kirkby Glacier Kirkby Glacier () is a glacier, in length, that drains the central Anare Mountains of Antarctica and flows northwest to the sea just north of Arthurson Bluff, northern Victoria Land. Name Kirkby Glacier was named by the Australian National Anta ...

and Missen Ridge, which forms the north side of

Yule Bay Yule Bay () is a bay indenting the coast of northern Victoria Land between Cape Hooker and Cape Dayman. An inner (western) portion of the bay is circumscribed by Bates Point and Ackroyd Point. Exploration and name Discovered by Captain James C ...

. Cape Hooker lies to the east of the piedmont. Nella Island, Thala Island and the

Lyall Islands Lyall Islands () is a group of four islands, Unger Island, Surgeon Island, Novosad Island and Hughes Island, lying just outside the entrance to Yule Bay, Victoria Land, Antarctica. Exploration and naming The Lyall Islands were discovered by Cap ...

lie in the sea near the piedmont.

Nearby features

Missen Ridge

. A long, ice-covered ridge situated south of the Davis Ice Piedmont and extending along the peninsula of which Cape Hooker is the northeast point. Named by ANARE for R. Missen, weather technician on the ANARE (Thala Dan) cruise along this coast, 1962.

Cape Hooker

. Cape on the northeast portion of the peninsula which includes Davis Ice Piedmont. With

Cape Dayman Tapsell Foreland () is a borad, mostly snow-covered foreland jutting into the sea between Yule Bay and Smith Inlet, northern Victoria Land. Much of the central portion of this feature rises above . Exploration and naming The name Tapsell, app ...

to the ESE, it forms an outer entrance point to Yule Bay. Discovered by Captain James Clark Ross, 1841, who named it for

Joseph Dalton Hooker Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For 20 years he served as director of the Ro ...

(later Sir Joseph), naturalist and assistant surgeon on the Erebus who became internationally famous as a botanist.

Nella Island

. The northern of two small, rocky islands lying just off the northwest edge of Davis Ice Piedmont. Named by ANARE after M.V. ''

Nella Dan MV ''Nella Dan'' was one of the famous 'Dan' ships of the Danish J. Lauritzen A/S Lines that were almost synonymous with ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) shipping through the early years of Australia's official Antarct ...

'', one of two expedition ships used by ANARE in 1962 to explore this area.

Thala Island

. The southern of two small, rocky islands lying just off the northwest edge of Davis Ice Piedmont. Named by ANARE after M.V. ''

Thala Dan MS ''Thala Dan'', built in Aalborg in 1957, was an ice-strengthened refrigerated cargo-passenger ship. Operated by Danish J. Lauritzen A/S from 1957 to 1982, she was jointly chartered by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions a ...

'', one of two expedition ships used by ANARE in 1962 to explore this area.

References

Sources

* * {{Include-USGov , agency=United States Geological Survey Ice piedmonts of Antarctica Landforms of Victoria Land Pennell Coast