Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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Bowman Peninsula (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Bowman Peninsula (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Peninsula
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:
dividing Lassiter Coast from Orville Coast, was photographed from the air by RARE on 21 November 1947 (Ronne, 1948b, p.372), following which the name Isaiah Bowman Coast, after Dr I. Bowman (Bowman Coast, q.v.), was applied to that part of the mainland coast SW of Mount Tricorn (AGS, map, 1948). Following ground survey by FIDS-RARE from "Stonington Island" in December 1947, the name of Bowman was transferred to the present feature. Bowman Peninsula (Ronne, 1948b, map p.357; BA chart 3175, 12.xi.1954; APC, 1955, p.6; USGS sketch map Ellsworth Land-Palmer Land, 1969; BAS 500P sheet SS 17-20/SE, 1-DOS 1981). Pen No images of this place could be found.Named For
Location
Latitude:
74° 49' 00.0" S
-74.81667°
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Longitude:
62° 16' 00.0" W
-62.26667°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Remote sensing:
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