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Bowers Canyon () is an undersea canyon west of
Iselin Bank Iselin Bank () is a submarine bank in the Ross Sea off Antarctica. The name was approved by the Advisory Committee for Undersea Features in April 1980. See also *Bowers Canyon Bowers Canyon () is an undersea canyon west of Iselin Bank in the Ross ...
in the
Ross Sea The Ross Sea is a deep bay of the Southern Ocean in Antarctica, between Victoria Land and Marie Byrd Land and within the Ross Embayment, and is the southernmost sea on Earth. It derives its name from the British explorer James Clark Ross who vi ...
. It was named in association with
Bowers Glacier Tucker Glacier is a major valley glacier of Victoria Land, about 144 km (90 mi) long, flowing southeast between Admiralty Mountains and Victory Mountains to the Ross Sea. There is a snow saddle at the glacier's head, just west of Homerun ...
by the
Advisory Committee for Undersea Features The United States Board on Geographic Names (BGN) is a federal body operating under the United States Secretary of the Interior. The purpose of the board is to establish and maintain uniform usage of geographic names throughout the federal governm ...
in April 1980.


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* Canyons and gorges of Antarctica Landforms of Victoria Land {{marine-geo-stub