Bowin Glacier
| Bowin Glacier | ||
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Queen Maud Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| length | 8 kilometers | |
| Coordinates | 84 ° 53 ′ 0 ″ S , 177 ° 20 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| drainage | Ramsey Glacier | |
The Bowin Glacier is 8 km long glacier in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . In the Transantarctic Mountains, it flows northeast between the ridges of Sullivan Ridge and Fulgham Ridge to the Ramsey Glacier .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named the glacier in 1965 after supply officer Charles F. Bowin of the United States Navy , who participated in the Deep Freeze operations of 1965 and 1966.
Web links
- Bowin Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Bowin Glacier on geographic.org (English)