Name details

Cape Bowles

Bowles, Cape (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Cape Bowles  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 107895

Feature type: Cape

Origin

This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

S point of Clarence Island (q.v.), was roughly charted by Bransfield in HM hired brig Williams on 4 February 1820, when a landing was made to take formal possession of the island for King George IV; named after Capt. (later Rear-Adm.) William Bowles, RN (1790-1869), Commander-in-Chief of the British fleet in South America, 1816-20 (Bransfield, chart [1820b]; Bone, 1821, p.746; BA chart [no number], 1822; APC, 1955, p.6; BA chart 3205, 23.xi.1962; [referred in error to Elephant Island] Matthews and Maling, 1967, p.27). Cap Bowles (EyriSs and Malte-Brun, 1823, map facing p.237). Cape Boweles [sic] (Powell, 1824b, p.100). Pointe Bowles (d'Urville, 1842, p.140). Cabo Bowles (Riso Patron S., 1908, end map; Pierrou, 1970, p.213; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.52). Kapp Bowles (HA chart, 1928). Capt. [sic] Bowles (BA, 1961, p.215). Mys Bouls (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). Mys Boyls (Soviet Union. AA, 1966, Pl. 24). Cabo Bowles (Argentina. AA, 1991, p. 8)

Named For

Location

Latitude:
61° 19' 06.3" S
-61.31842°
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Longitude:
54° 05' 27.8" W
-54.09106°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
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Source Name:
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Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
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Source Person:
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Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
8-Sep-1953

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