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Davis Station en · PROPN

Etymology

Named after Australian explorer John King Davis.

Meanings

  1. A research station in Princess Elizabeth Land in Antarctica.
    • The temperature at Davis station Monday night was around 0 degrees Celsius (32 Fahrenheit), according to the Australian Bureau of Meteorology. 2013 December 2, “Copter crashes during Antarctica science mission; 3 injured”, in CNN, archived from the original on 06 Dec 2013:
    • A tradesman who became seriously ill while at Davis Station in Antarctica is transferred by helicopter to the icebreaker ship Aurora Australis. 2015 March 24, “Antarctic rescue mission launched to evacuate ill man from Australian base - video”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 08 Jan 2016:

Synonyms

Davis