Bowman Inlet () is an ice-filled inlet between Kay Nunatak and Platt Point on the

Hollick-Kenyon Peninsula Hollick-Kenyon Peninsula or Kenyon PeninsulaKenyon Peninsula.
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, on the east coast of the

Antarctic Peninsula The Antarctic Peninsula, known as O'Higgins Land in Chile and Tierra de San Martín in Argentina, and originally as Graham Land in the United Kingdom and the Palmer Peninsula in the United States, is the northernmost part of mainland Antarctic ...

Location

Bowman Inlet is at the southeast end of the

Bowman Coast The Bowman Coast is the portion of the east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula between Cape Northrop and Cape Agassiz. It was discovered by Sir Hubert Wilkins in an aerial flight of December 20, 1928. It was named by Wilkins for Isaiah Bowman, th ...

Graham Land Graham Land is the portion of the Antarctic Peninsula that lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This description of Graham Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the British Antarctic Place-names Committee and ...

on the

, opening onto the

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to the north. It is ice-filled, and is surrounded by the

Larsen Ice Shelf The Larsen Ice Shelf is a long ice shelf in the northwest part of the Weddell Sea, extending along the east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula from Cape Longing to Smith Peninsula. It is named after Captain Carl Anton Larsen, the master of the No ...

. The

Hollick-Kenyon Peninsula Hollick-Kenyon Peninsula or Kenyon PeninsulaKenyon Peninsula.
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and

Revelle Inlet Revelle Inlet () is a broad, ice-filled inlet which recedes west some 15 nautical miles (28 km) between Cape Agassiz and Cape Keeler, along the east coast of Palmer Land. The inlet lies in the area explored from the air by Sir Hubert Wilkins i ...

are to the east.

Casey Glacier Casey Glacier () is a glacier wide, flowing east into Casey Inlet on the east coast of Palmer Land. It was discovered by Sir Hubert Wilkins on an aerial flight of December 20, 1928. Wilkins believed the feature to be a channel cutting completely a ...

and Casey Inlet in

Palmer Land Palmer Land () is the portion of the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica that lies south of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This application of Palmer Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the Advisory Committee on Antarctic N ...

are to the south.

Mobiloil Inlet Mobiloil Inlet () is an ice-filled inlet, nurtured by several northeast and east flowing glaciers, lying between the Rock Pile Peaks and Hollick-Kenyon Peninsula along the east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. It was discovered by Sir Hubert Wil ...

is to the west. The mouth of the inlet is between Platt Point to the east and Kay Nunatak to the west. Glaciers entering the inlet are, clockwise from the southeast, Cronus Glacier, which enters the inlet between Crabeater Point and Calypso Cliffs, Pan Glacier, Aphrodite Glacier, Apollo Glacier, which enters the inlet between Victory Nunatak and Hitchcock Heights. Maitland Glacier joins Earnshaw Glacier to the west of Hitchcock Heights and enters the sea between

Yates Spur Yates Spur () is a prominent rock spur on the south side of Mobiloil Inlet, Bowman Coast, at the west side of the terminus of Earnshaw Glacier. The spur was photographed from the air by Lincoln Ellsworth, 1935, United States Antarctic Service (USA ...

and Mobiloil Inlet to the west, and Kay Nunatak and Bowman Inlet to the east.

Discovery and name

Bowman Inlet was photographed from the air by

Lincoln Ellsworth Lincoln Ellsworth (May 12, 1880 – May 26, 1951) was a polar explorer from the United States and a major benefactor of the American Museum of Natural History. Biography Lincoln Ellsworth was born on May 12, 1880, to James Ellsworth and Eva F ...

, November 23, 1935, and its western shore was mapped from the photographs by W.L.G. Joerg. It was rephotographed by the

United States Antarctic Service The United States Antarctic Program (or USAP; formerly known as the United States Antarctic Research Program or USARP and the United States Antarctic Service or USAS) is an organization of the United States government which has presence in the A ...

(USAS), 1940, the

Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition The Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) was an expedition from 1947–1948 which researched the area surrounding the head of the Weddell Sea in Antarctica. Background Finn Ronne led the RARE which was the final privately sponsored exp ...

(RARE), 1947, and was surveyed by the

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(FIDS), 1958. It was named by the United States

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(US-ACAN) after Lieutenant Bradley J. Bowman,

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, officer in charge,

Palmer Station Palmer Station is a United States research station in Antarctica located on Anvers Island, the only US station located north of the Antarctic Circle. Initial construction of the station finished in 1968. The station, like the other U.S. Antarcti ...

Construction Unit,

Operation Deep Freeze Operation Deep Freeze (OpDFrz or ODF) is codename for a series of United States missions to Antarctica, beginning with "Operation Deep Freeze I" in 1955–56, followed by "Operation Deep Freeze II", "Operation Deep Freeze III", and so on. (There w ...

, 1969.

Glaciers

Cronus Glacier

. A glacier long and wide flowing northwest into Bowman Inlet between Calypso Cliffs and Crabeater Point. Photographed by RARE (

Trimetrogon Trimetrogon is an aerial photographic survey method that involves the use of three cameras in one assembly. One camera is pointed directly downwards, and the other two are pointed to either side of the flight path at a 30° depression angle (60° ...

air photography) on December 22, 1947, and roughly surveyed by FIDS in December 1958. Named by UK-APC after

Cronus In Ancient Greek religion and mythology, Cronus, Cronos, or Kronos ( or , from el, Κρόνος, ''Krónos'') was the leader and youngest of the first generation of Titans, the divine descendants of the primordial Gaia (Mother Earth) and ...

, the god of agriculture in

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Pan Glacier

. A glacier long, flowing north and terminating at the east coast of Antarctic Peninsula southwest of Victory Nunatak. The lower part of the glacier was plotted by

W. L. G. Joerg Wolfgang Louis Gottfried Joerg, better known as W. L. G. Joerg (February 6, 1885 – January 7, 1952) was an American geographer, and in particular an expert in the geography of the Arctic and Antarctic regions, who exercised broad influence on the ...

from air photos taken by Lincoln Ellsworth in November 1935. The glacier was subsequently photographed by RARE (Trimetrogon air photography) in December 1947, and roughly surveyed by FIDS in December 1958. Named by the

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(UK-APC) after Pan, god of the shepherds in Greek mythology.

Aphrodite Glacier

. A glacier long flowing north to the east coast of Antarctic Peninsula west of Victory Nunatak. The lower portion of the feature was first plotted by W.L.G. Joerg from aerial photographs taken by Sir Hubert Wilkins in December 1928 and Lincoln Ellsworth in November 1935. The glacier was subsequently photographed by RARE in December 1947 (Trimetrogon air photography) and surveyed by FIDS in December 1958 and November 1960. Named by UK-APC after

Aphrodite Aphrodite ( ; grc-gre, Ἀφροδίτη, Aphrodítē; , , ) is an ancient Greek goddess associated with love, lust, beauty, pleasure, passion, and procreation. She was syncretized with the Roman goddess . Aphrodite's major symbols include ...

, goddess of love in Greek mythology.

Apollo Glacier

. A glacier, long, flowing northeast and joining the lower part of Aphrodite Glacier from the east coast of Antarctic Peninsula. The lower part of this glacier was first plotted by W.L.G. Joerg from aerial photographs taken by Sir Hubert Wilkins in December 1928 and Lincoln Ellsworth in November 1935. The glacier was subsequently photographed by RARE in December 1947 (Trimetrogon air photography) and roughly surveyed by FIDS in November 1960. Named by UK-APC after

Apollo Apollo, grc, Ἀπόλλωνος, Apóllōnos, label=genitive , ; , grc-dor, Ἀπέλλων, Apéllōn, ; grc, Ἀπείλων, Apeílōn, label=Arcadocypriot Greek, ; grc-aeo, Ἄπλουν, Áploun, la, Apollō, la, Apollinis, label= ...

, the god of manly youth and beauty in Greek mythology.

Maitland Glacier

. Glacier flowing along the west flank of Hitchcock Heights into Mobiloil Inlet, on the east coast of Antarctic Peninsula. This glacier may appear indistinctly in an aerial photograph taken by Sir Hubert Wilkins on his flight of December 20, 1928, but it was more clearly shown in aerial photographs taken by Lincoln Ellsworth in 1935 and the USAS in 1940. Named by the US-ACAN in 1952 for O. Maitland Miller of the

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, who by utilizing Wilkins' and Ellsworth's photographs assisted in constructing the first reconnaissance map of this area.

Earnshaw Glacier

. A glacier long, flowing northward to the east of Norwood Scarp and entering Maitland Glacier to the south of Werner Peak. Photographed from the air by the USAS on September 28, 1940. Surveyed by the FIDS in January 1961. Named by UK-APC after

Thomas Earnshaw Thomas Earnshaw (4 February 1749 in Ashton-under-Lyne – 1 March 1829 in London) was an English watchmaker who, following John Arnold's earlier work, further simplified the process of marine chronometer production, making them available to the ...

(1749-1829), English watchmaker who made innovations leading to the modern marine chronometer.

Other features

Platt Point

. The east entrance point to Bowman Inlet on the east coast of Antarctic Peninsula. The feature marks the extremity of an ice-covered, though clearly outlined, spur that juts north from the west part of

Hollick-Kenyon Peninsula Hollick-Kenyon Peninsula or Kenyon PeninsulaKenyon Peninsula.
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. The margins of the feature were photographed from the air by Lincoln Ellsworth, 1935, but it was more clearly defined by aerial photographs taken by the USAS, 1940. Named by US-ACAN in 1977 for William D. Platt, United States Navy, hospital corpsman, Palmer Station, winter party 1968.

Crabeater Point

. A point at the southeast extremity of Bowman Inlet east of Victory Nunatak. The point, the northwest extremity of a prominent ridge, was photographed from aircraft of the USAS on September 28, 1940, and by RARE (Trimetrogon air photos), December 22, 1947. Surveyed in December 1958 by FIDS who gave the descriptive name. The ridge of which this point is the extremity resembles a recumbent Crabeater Seal when seen from the air.

Calypso Cliffs

. Two prominent rocky cliffs rising to high on the south side of Bowman Inlet immediately west of the mouth of Cronus Glacier, on the east coast of Antarctic Peninsula. Photographed from the air by USAS, September 28, 1940, and by RARE (Trimetrogon air photography), December 22, 1947. Surveyed by FIDS in December 1958. Named by UK-APC after Calypso, daughter of Atlas, goddess in Greek mythology.

Victory Nunatak

. A conspicuous island-like nunatak with three rocky summits, the southernmost and highest, high. It rises above the ice of southeastern Bowman Inlet southeast of Kay Nunatak on the east coast of Antarctic Peninsula. The nunatak was first mapped by

from air photos taken by Lincoln Ellsworth on November 23, 1935. It was subsequently photographed from the air by USAS, September 1940; FIDS, August 1947; and RARE (Trimetrogon air photography), December 1947. Named by UK-APC in 1961; when viewed from the air three dots and a dash, Morse code for the letter "V", are apparent on the surface of the feature.

Hitchcock Heights

. A mostly ice-covered mountain mass, high, between Maitland Glacier and Apollo Glacier at the south side of Mobiloil Inlet, on the east coast of Antarctic Peninsula. Discovered and photographed by Sir Hubert Wilkins on his flight of December 20, 1928, and rephotographed by Lincoln Ellsworth in 1935. Named by the US-ACAN in 1952 for Charles B. Hitchcock of the American Geographical Society, who by utilizing these photographs assisted in constructing the first reconnaissance map of this area.

Kay Nunatak

. A dark rocky nunatak rising to high, situated at the south side of Mobiloil Inlet and forming the northernmost outlier of Hitchcock Heights. The nunatak was photographed from the air by Sir Hubert Wilkins on December 20, 1928, and by Lincoln Ellsworth in 1935. Named in 1952 by the US-ACAN for John D. Kay of the American Geographical Society, who by utilizing these photographs assisted in constructing the first reconnaissance map of this area.

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