David Island

David Island (66°25′S 98°46′E / 66.417°S 98.767°E / -66.417; 98.767Coordinates: 66°25′S 98°46′E / 66.417°S 98.767°E / -66.417; 98.767) is an ice-covered island, 10 miles (16 km) long and 6 miles (10 km) wide, marked by rock exposures along its north and east sides, lying off Davis Peninsula in the Shackleton Ice Shelf in Antarctica. It was discovered in November 1912 by the Western Base party of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (AAE) under Mawson, and named by him for Professor Sir T.W. David Hunt, a member of the AAE Advisory Committee.

See also

List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

References

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