Davis Station
| Davis Station | |
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| Antarctic base | |
Davis Station, pictured in 2005.
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 Davis Station
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| Coordinates: 68°34′36″S 77°58′03″E / 68.57667°S 77.96750°ECoordinates: 68°34′36″S 77°58′03″E / 68.57667°S 77.96750°E | |
| Country |
 Australia
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| Territory | Australian Antarctic Territory |
| Subdivision | Princess Elizabeth Land |
| Administered by | Australian Antarctic Division |
| Established | 13 January 1957 |
| Named for | Captain John King Davis |
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| Time zone | DAVT (UTC+7) |
| Type | All year-round |
| Period | Annual |
| Status | Operational |
| Facilities | Facilities include:
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| Website | aad |
The Davis Station, commonly called Davis, is one of three permanent bases and research outposts in Antarctica managed by the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD). Davis is situated on the coast of Cooperation Sea in Princess Elizabeth Land, Ingrid Christensen Coast in the Australian Antarctic Territory, a territory claimed by Australia. Davis lies in the Antarctic oasis, a remarkable ice free area known as the Vestfold Hills
Davis was named in honour of Captain John King Davis.
Davis was listed on the Register of the National Estate on 26 October 1999 and has been included on the Commonwealth Heritage List as an indicative place, due to the condition of buildings and structures that varies from no longer exists/demolished due to poor condition, through to very good condition.
Davis is a base for scientific research programs including the study of viruses and bacteria using molecular genetic techniques in glacial lakes, the impact of environmental change and pollution on Antarctic marine ecosystems, atmospheric research, measuring algae growth as an important food source for tiny marine herbivores such as zooplankton, the impact of climate change, including the increasing carbon dioxide concentrations on marine microbes, and, together with researchers at Casey, the study of the Law Dome, the bedrock geology and structure of the East Antarctic ice sheet.
The first recorded sighting of the coastline now occupied by Davis Station was on 9 February 1931, during the second British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) voyage aboard Discovery. Sir Douglas Mawson and Flight Lieutenant Stuart Campbell sighted the Antarctic continent from a seaplane and named the high land to the southeast Princess Elizabeth Land.
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