David Island () is an ice-covered island, 10 miles (16 km) long and 6 miles (10 km) wide, marked by rock exposures along its north and east sides, lying off Davis Peninsula in the Shackleton Ice Shelf. An island (ˈaɪlənd or isle (/ˈaɪl/ is any piece of land that is completely surrounded by water in two dimensions above high tide and isolated from other significant A mile is a unit of Length, usually used to measure Distance, in a number of different systems including Imperial units United States The kilometre ( American spelling: kilometer) symbol km is a unit of Length in the Metric system, equal to one thousand A mile is a unit of Length, usually used to measure Distance, in a number of different systems including Imperial units United States The kilometre ( American spelling: kilometer) symbol km is a unit of Length in the Metric system, equal to one thousand Shackleton Ice Shelf ( is an extensive Ice shelf fronting the coast of East Antarctica for about 384 km (95E to 105E projecting seaward about 145 km in the western Discovered in November 1912 by the Western Base Party of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition under Mawson, and named by him for Professor Sir. The Western Base Party was a successful exploration party of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition. The Australasian Antarctic Expedition was an Australian scientific team that explored part of Antarctica between 1911 and 1914 T.W. Edgeworth David, member of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition Advisory Committee. Sir Tannatt William Edgeworth David (commonly known as Edgeworth David KBE, FRS, ( 28 January 1858 – 28 August 1934)
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