Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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Bowman, Península (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Bowman, Península (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Peninsula (8)
This name originates from Chile. It is part of the Chile Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
Descubierta por el RARE de 1947-1948, al mando de Finne Ronne, quien le puso el nombre por el apellido de Isaiah Bowman, ex director de la Sociedad Geográfica Americana. Península cubierta de hielo que se angosta hacia el S, terminando en el cabo Adams, de aproximadamente 25 millas de largo en dirección general N-S y de 15 millas de ancho en sus regiones N y central; situada entre la ensenada Nantucket y la ensenada Gardner, en la costa oriental de la península Tierra de O'Higgins.
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