Satellite image of Thurston Island.

Cape Davies (71°50′S 100°04′W / 71.833°S 100.067°W / -71.833; -100.067) is an ice-covered cape, lying at the northeast end of Hughes Peninsula, on the north side of Thurston Island, Antarctica.[1] The cape plotted from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump in December 1946 and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN). The cape was named for Frank Davies, a physicist with the Byrd Antarctic Expedition (ByrdAE) in 1928-30.[1]

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  1. 1 2 "Cape Davies". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 20 April 2022.

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