Davis Ice Rise is an ice rise, 4 nautical miles (7 km) long, near the terminus of Smith Glacier

Smith Glacier

Smith Glacier is a low-gradient Antarctic glacier, over 160 km long, draining from Toney Mountain in an ENE direction to Amundsen Sea. A northern distributary, Kohler Glacier, drains to Dotson Ice Shelf but the main flow passes to the sea between Bear Peninsula and Mount Murphy, terminating at...

, 8 nautical miles (15 km) southeast of Mayo Peak

Mayo Peak

Mayo Peak is a flattish summit which forms the south end of Jones Bluffs, Bear Peninsula, on the Walgreen Coast of Marie Byrd Land. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 1977 after Elbert A. Mayo, Jr., of U.S. Navy Squadron VXE-6, flight engineer on LC-130 aircraft, who participated...

, Bear Peninsula

Bear Peninsula

Bear Peninsula is a peninsula about 80 km long and 40 km wide which is ice covered except for several isolated rock bluffs and outcrops along its margins, lying 48 km 30 mi) east of Martin Peninsula on Walgreen Coast, Marie Byrd Land.First delineated from aerial photographs...

, on the Walgreen Coast

Walgreen Coast

The Walgreen Coast is a portion of the coast of Antarctica between Cape Herlacher and Cape Waite, or between Bakutis Coast in the west, and Eights Coast. It is the easternmost part of Marie Byrd Land. It stretches from 114°12'W to 103°24'W. Eights Coast to the east is already part of Ellsworth Land...

, Marie Byrd Land

Marie Byrd Land

Marie Byrd Land is the portion of West Antarctica lying east of the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea and south of the Pacific Ocean, extending eastward approximately to a line between the head of the Ross Ice Shelf and Eights Coast. It stretches between 158°W and 103°24'W...

. Mapped by United States Geological Survey

United States Geological Survey

The United States Geological Survey is a scientific agency of the United States government. The scientists of the USGS study the landscape of the United States, its natural resources, and the natural hazards that threaten it. The organization has four major science disciplines, concerning biology,...

 (USGS) from U.S. Navy aerial photographs taken 1966 and Landsat imagery taken 1972-73. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names

Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names

The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending names for features in Antarctica...

 (US-ACAN) after Commander Arthur R. Davis, U.S. Navy, Supply Officer

Supply Officer

Supply Officer was a specialisation in the British Royal Navy which has recently been superseded by the Logistics Officer, recognising the need to align with the nomenclature and function of similar cadres in the British Army and Royal Air Force...

, Operation Deepfreeze, 1975–76 and 1976-77.