COMPOSITE GAZETTEER OF ANTARCTICA

between Cape Northrop and Cape Agassiz, was photographed from the air on 20 December 1928 by Wilkins, who named that part of the coast "which lies further south than Nordenskjöld and Larsen had been and is opposite Fallières Coast" after Dr Isaiah Bowman (1878-1950), American geographer; Director of AGS, 1915-28, and President of Johns Hopkins University, 1928-50 (Wilkins, 1929, p.366, 376). In early maps the coast trending N-S was limited by c. lat. 68°00'S and c. lat. 69°35'S (Wilkins, 1929, map facing p.374; AGS, map, [1929c]), or by Cape Northrop in lat. 67°30'S and c.lat. 69°25'S (AGS, 1929a, map p.308), or was referred to the N side of Wilkins' Stefansson Strait (Stefansson Sound, q.v.) (Brown, 1929, map p.102). Bowman Kysten (Aagaard, 1930, end map). In November 1935 the coast was rephotographed from the air by Ellsworth. Comparison of Wilkins' and Ellsworth's photographs, in conjunction with preliminary reports by BGLE, led Joerg to follow Wilkins' limits for the coast, but to alter the general trend from N-S to NW-SE (Joerg, 1937, map facing p.444). Bowman's name was also applied apparently to a short stretch of coast S of Mobiloil Inlet (USHO chart 5411, 1939). Bowman Küste (Germany. OK chart 1061, 1938). Following survey from the air and from the ground by USAS, 1940-41, the coast was defined as extending from lat. 66°30'S to lat. 70°35'S (USHO, 1943, p.270), but later defined as extending from Cape Northrop in c. lat. 67°20'S to Cape Rymill in c. lat. 69°30'S (USBGN, 1947, p.139). Costas de Bowman (Argentina. IGM map, 1945). Following further survey by FIDS from "Hope Bay" and "Stonington Island" in 1947-48, Bowman Coast was redefined as extending from Cape Northrop to Cape Agassiz (BA chart 3570, 27.vi.1952; APC, 1955, p.6; DCS 601 sheets 67 64, 68 62, 1955; DOS 610 sheet W 68 62, 1963; [shown with Cape Northrop incorrectly positioned] BAS sheet Misc. 2, 1981). Costa Bowman (Argentina. MM, 1953, p.325; Pierrou, 1970, p.214; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.52). Bowman Kust (Knapp, 1958, p.569). Bereg Boumana (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). Bereg Boumena (Soviet Union. AA, 1966, Pl. 24).

That portion of the E coast of the Antarctic Peninsula between Cape Northrop and Cape Agassiz. Discovered by Sir Hubert Wilkins in an aerial flight of Dec. 20, 1928. Named by Wilkins for Isaiah Bowman, then Dir. of the American Geographical Society.

Descubierta por Sir Hubert Wilkins, durante un vuelo del 20 de diciembre de 1928, quien le puso el nombre por el apellido de Isaiah Bowman, en ese entonces director de la Sociedad Geográfica Americana. En algunas cartas y publicaciones figuró como costa De Bowman. Recibe este nombre el tramo de la costa oriental de la península Tierra de O'Higgins que se extiende desde el cabo Northrop hasta el cabo Agassiz.

Rock outcrops on the eastern side of the Polarforschung Glacier on the Ingrid Christensen Coast. The feature consists of a massive ridge with more broken outcrops to the south and east. The geology of the feature was investigated by I.R. McLeod, geologist with the ANARE Prince Charles Mountains survey party in January, 1969. Mapped from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936) and called Meknattane (The Middle Crags) by Norwegian cartographers.