Bowles West Peak

Bowles West Peak (Bulgarian: връх западен Боулс, romanized: vrah zapaden Bouls, IPA: [ˈvrɤɣ ˈzapɐdɛn ˈbɔuɫs]) is a peak rising to 678 m at the western extremity of Bowles Ridge in eastern Livingston Island in Antarctica. The peak has precipitous and partly ice free western slopes and overlooks Perunika Glacier to the southwest.

Location of Bowles Ridge on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands.
Bowles West Peak from Orpheus Gate.
Topographic map of central-eastern Livingston Island featuring Bowles West Peak.
Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.

The feature takes its name from Mount Bowles, the summit of the eponymous ridge.

Location

The peak is located at 62°36′47.5″S 60°13′13″W which is 1 km west by north of Mount Bowles (822 m), 790 m south by east of Hemus Peak, 6.24 km east of Aleko Rock and 3.2 km east by northeast of Rezen Knoll.

The peak was roughly mapped by the British in 1968 and the Spanish in 1991. The peak was mapped by Bulgaria from a 1995-96 topographic survey.

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References


This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.


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