Bowler Rocks Explained

Bowler Rocks
Map:Antarctic Peninsula#Antarctica
Map Relief:yes
Location:Antarctica
Coordinates:-62.3553°N -59.8267°W
Archipelago:South Shetland Islands
Length Km:1
Population:uninhabited
Country:Antarctica
Treaty System:Antarctic Treaty System

Bowler Rocks is a group of rocks off the north coast of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.[1] They lie southwest of Table Island and northwest of Aitcho Islands, and extending 1km (01miles) in east-west direction.

The area was visited by early 19th-century sealers. The feature is named after David Michael Bowler, surveying recorder aboard the launch Nimrod during the Royal Navy hydrographic survey of the rocks in 1967.[2]

Location

The midpoint is located at which is 1.1km (00.7miles) southwest of Table Island, 2.15km (01.34miles) northwest of Morris Rock, 3.1km (01.9miles) north of Holmes Rock and 5.3km (03.3miles) northeast of Romeo Island (Argentine mapping in 1949, 1953 and 1980, British in 1968 and 1974, Chilean in 1971, and Bulgarian in 2009).

See also

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References

  1. Book: Stewart, John . Antarctica: An Encyclopedia . 1990 . McFarland . 0899504701 . Jefferson, North Carolina . 945–946.
  2. Web site: Bowler Rocks . 2024-07-21 . Australian Antarctic Data Centre.

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