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Davis is the most southerly Australian Antarctic Station and is situated 4,700km south-south-west of Perth, at 68 ° 35' South, 77 ° 58' East, and is located on the the rocky coast of the ice-free edge of the Vestfold Hills.

Davis station opened in January 1957 and is named after Captain John King Davis (1884-1967), master of ships used on expeditions led by Shackleton and Mawson.

During its first years, Davis accommodated very small wintering parties, in some cases just 4-5 men stayed through the long polar night.

The major scientific programs undertaken in and around Davis are biology, geomorphology, geomagnetism, geology,, middle and upper atmosphere physics, medicine, palaentology, botany, meteorology, climate change studies, examination of the sedimentary history of the lakes in the Larsemann Hills, snow drift observation, experiments and measurements