Davies Dome
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| British Antarctic Territory | |||
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| James Ross Island | |||
| Summit: | 1,312 feet 63°53’21"S, 58°3’1"W | ||
The Davies Dome is an ice-dome on James Ross Island off the Trinity Peninsula at the tip of Graham Land in the British Antarctic Territory.
The hill rises to some 1,300 feet to the south-east of the island's Stoneley Point. The rock walls around this ice dome contain important exposures of volcanic rocks with an unusual joint pattern (of the 'Kubbaberg type').
Name
The hill is named after Gwion ("Taff") Davies (1917-2005), a general assistant on the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey's 'Operation "Tabarin"' during the War, based at Port Lockroy 1944-45, and at Hope Bay 1945-46.
References
- Gazetteer and Map of The British Antarctic Territory: Davies Dome