Davis Coast

Davis Coast is a portion of the north-west coast of Graham Land in the British Antarctic Territory between Cape Kjellman and Cape Herschel. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Captain John Davis, the 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, 7 February 1821.

This coast was sighted in part by Bransfield in January 1820 and probably also by Pendleton from Deception Island in 1820. It was sighted by Nathaniel Palmer from the area of Orléans Strait on 17 November 1820 and further explored in February 1821 by John Davis, who made a reconnaissance off this coast for seals in the Huron and his landing in the area of Hughes Bay.

Location

• Location map: 63°50’10"S, 60°20’20"W

References

• Gazetteer and Map of The British Antarctic Territory: Davis Coast