Bowyer Butte
| Bowyer Butte | ||
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| height | 1085 m | |
| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 74 ° 59 ′ 0 ″ S , 134 ° 45 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Bowyer Butte is an isolated and kliff like witnesses Mountain with nearly flat summit on the coast of the West Antarctic Marie Byrd lands . It rises 1085 m high with an extension of 5 km between the lower sections of the Johnson and Venzke glaciers .
Scientists from the United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939–1941) discovered and photographed him on a flyover in December 1940. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him after Donald W. Bowyer, a meteorologist for the United States Antarctic Program at Byrd Station that year 1962.
Web links
- Bowyer Butte in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Bowyer Butte on geographic.org (English)