Bowen Cirque

Bowen Cirque
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location	Coatsland , East Antarctica
Mountains	Shackleton Range , Transantarctic Mountains
Geographical location	80 ° 41 ′ 15 ″ S , 23 ° 27 ′ 13 ″ W Coordinates: 80 ° 41 ′ 15 ″ S , 23 ° 27 ′ 13 ″ W

The Bowen Cirque is a mountain basin in the East Antarctic Coats Land . In the Read Mountains of the Shackleton Range , it is north-northeast of Mount Wegener .

Aerial photographs of the formation were taken by the United States Navy in 1967. The British Antarctic Survey carried out surveys between 1968 and 1971. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the cauldron after the Canadian geologist Norman L. Bowen (1887-1956), who among other things dealt with the laws governing the deposition of minerals during the cooling of igneous melts .

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