Name details

Bowles Creek

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

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

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 139661

Feature type: Watercourse

Origin

This name originates from New Zealand. It is part of the New Zealand Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

A glacial meltwater distributary stream approximately 350m long, which flows eastwards from Maria Creek (q.v.) into the southwest end of Lake Fryxell, close west of Green Creek, in Taylor Valley, Victoria Land.

Named For

The name was suggested by hydrologist Diane McKnight, leader of a U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) team which made extensive studies of the hydrology and geochemistry of streams and ponds in the Lake Fryxell basin, 1987-94. Named after USGS hydrologist Elizabeth C. Bowles, a member of the field team in the 1987-88 summer season, who conducted a study of organic geochemistry of streams flowing into Lake Fryxell. The feature was used as a surrogate for hydrological work on Maria Creek, due to the danger of calving ice from the face of Canada Glacier.

Location

Latitude:
77° 37' 22.6" S
-77.62293°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
163° 03' 33.2" E
163.05923°
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Altitude:
23 m
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
McMurdo Dry Valleys LiDAR 2014-15
Source Identifier:
NCALM_DV_LiDAR_TaylorValley_East_1m
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping (NCALM)
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Height at reference point

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
18-Apr-1994

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