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Davis Bay 66°08′S134°05′E / 66.133°S 134.083°E / -66.133; 134.083 is a bay about 12 nautical miles (22 km; 14 mi) wide at the entrance between Cape Cesney and Lewis Island in Antarctica. It was discovered from the Aurora by the AAE (1910–1914) under Douglas Mawson. Named by Mawson for Capt. John King Davis, master of the Aurora and second-in-command of the expedition. [1]

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  1. Alberts 1995, p. 175.

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