Davis Valley
Davis Valley is an ice-free valley just east of Forlidas Ridge in north-east Dufek Massif, in the Pensacola Mountains of Queen Elizabeth Land, in the British Antarctic Territory.
The valley was photographed from the air by the United States Navy in 1964 and surveyed from the ground on the United States Geological Survey Pensacola Mountains Project in the 1965-66 season. It is named after Edward H. Davis, the United States Navy (MCB, Special Detachment Bravo), construction mechanic at "Ellsworth Station" in the winter of 1957.
Antarctic Specially Protected Area
Davis Valley and other, adjacent ice-free valleys, forms one of the most southerly ‘dry valley’ systems on the continent and has exceptional scientific value for the interpretation of past glacial events and climate in this part of Antarctica. With Forlidas Pond some 500 yards away, the site is protected under the Antarctic Treaty System as the 'Davis Valley and Forlidas Pond, Dufek Massif Antarctic Specially Protected Area (ASPA No.119).[1]
Location
- Location map: 82°28’10"S, 51°7’37"W
References
- ↑ "Davis Valley and Forlidas Pond, Dufek Massif". Management Plan for Antarctic Specially Protected Area No. 119: Measure 2, Annex D. Antarctic Treaty Secretariat. 2005. http://www.ats.aq/documents/recatt/Att271_e.pdf.
- Gazetteer and Map of The British Antarctic Territory: Davis Valley