The Bowie Canyon is a
submarine canyon located in the
Bering Sea
The Bering Sea (, ; rus, Бе́рингово мо́ре, r=Béringovo móre) is a marginal sea of the Northern Pacific Ocean. It forms, along with the Bering Strait, the divide between the two largest landmasses on Earth: Eurasia and The Ameri ...
.
It is a submerged line of demarkation between the
Bowers Ridge and the
Aleutian Ridge. At its deepest point, it is 1.3 miles deep.
[ It is named after ]American
American(s) may refer to:
* American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America"
** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America
** American ancestry, pe ...
geodetic engineer, William Bowie.
References
Submarine canyons of the Bering Sea
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