Bowles West Peak
| Bowles West Peak | ||
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| height | 678 m | |
| location | Livingston Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Coordinates | 62 ° 36 ′ 49 ″ S , 60 ° 13 ′ 14 ″ W | |
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The Bowles West Peak (English; Bulgarian връх Западен Боулс wrach Sapaden Bouls ) is a 678 m high mountain on Livingston Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It rises on the western foothill of Mount Bowles 1.13 km west to north its highest point, 0.92 km south to east of Hemus Peak , 6.24 km east of Aleko Rock and 3.17 km east-northeast of Rezen Knoll in the eastern part of the Island on. Its western slopes are steep and partly free of ice. On its southwest side lies the Perunika Glacier .
Its name goes back to Bulgarian scientists who named it on October 29, 1996 based on the name of Mount Bowles. Its namesake is Admiral William Bowles (1780–1869), from 1816 to 1820 commander in chief of the Pacific Station . In 1997 the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names converted the Bulgarian name into English.
Web links
- Bowles West Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Bowles West Peak on geographic.org (English)