Bowers Corner
| Bowers Corner | ||
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| location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Sentinel Range , Ellsworth Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 79 ° 1 ′ 0 ″ S , 84 ° 21 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Bowers Corner is a mountain peak in the West Antarctic Ellsworth Land . It rises 14.5 km southeast of Lishness Peak at the extreme southern end of the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains . On the east side of the estuary of the Nimitz Glacier, it marks its bend before it flows into the Minnesota Glacier .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it on the basis of its own measurements and with the help of aerial photographs of the United States Navy between 1957 and 1959. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it after Lieutenant Richard Alan Bowers (* 1928) of the Reserve Forces of the US Navy, head of the Construction crews for the construction of the south pole station between 1956 and 1957.
Web links
- Bowers Korner in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Bowers Corner on geographic.org (English)