Mount Bowles

{{Short description|Mountain in Antarctica}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Mount Bowles | other_name = | image = 03 Perunika Glacier.JPG | image_alt = | image_caption = Central Bowles Ridge from Wörner Gap, with Mount Bowles on the left and Omurtag Pass in the middle.  | map = Antarctica | label = Mount Bowles  | highest = {{Convert|822|m}} | highest_location = | elevation_m = | prominence = | parent_peak = | isolation = | isolation_parent = | coordinates = {{coord|62|37|0.15|S|60|12|08.5|W}} | coordinates_ref =  | length = | length_orientation = | width = | width_orientation = | area =  | etymology =  | country_type = Continent | country = Antarctica | part_type = Island | part = Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands | range = Bowles Ridge  | formed_by = | age = | geology =  | first_ascent = Àlex Simón, Vicente Castro, David Hita, and friend (2003) | easiest_route = | normal_route = | access = }} '''Mount Bowles''' is an ice-covered mountain {{Convert|822|m}} high,<ref name=aus/> the summit of Bowles Ridge in the central part of eastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It is situated south of Vidin Heights and north of Mount Friesland, Tangra Mountains to which it is linked by Wörner Gap.

The origin of the name is uncertain; it appears (poorly positioned and probably intended for some other peak on the island) on the 1829 chart of the British expedition (1828–31) under Captain Henry Foster in ''HMS'' {{HMS|Chanticleer|1808|2}}.<ref name=gnis/>

Mount Bowles was first climbed by Àlex Simón, Vicente Castro, David Hita and a friend from Juan Carlos I base on January 5, 2003.<ref name=aaj_2003>{{cite aaj|article_id=12200333300|title=Antarctica, Antarctic Peninsula, Summary of Activities|year=2003|volume=77|issue=45|page=333|isbn=978-0-930410-93-3|access-date=2025-01-12}}</ref>

==Location== thumb|left|Location of Bowles Ridge on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands. According to a 2003 Australian GPS survey the peak is located at {{coord|62|37|0.15|S|60|12|08.5|W|display=inline,title}}, which is {{convert|9.77|km|mi|abbr=on}} northwest of Great Needle Peak, {{convert|6.08|km|mi|abbr=on}} north by west of Mount Friesland, {{convert|8.77|km|mi|abbr=on}} east-northeast of St. Kliment Ohridski base and {{convert|9.25|km|mi|abbr=on}} south by west of Miziya Peak.

==Maps== * S. Soccol, D. Gildea and J. Bath. [http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/mapcat/display_map.cfm?map_id=13271 Livingston Island, Antarctica.] Scale 1:100000 satellite map. The Omega Foundation, USA, 2004. * L.L. Ivanov et al., Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands (from English Strait to Morton Strait, with illustrations and ice-cover distribution), 1:100000 scale topographic map, Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, Sofia, 2005 * L.L. Ivanov. [http://apcbg.org/image023.jpg Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands]. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. {{ISBN|978-954-92032-6-4}} * A. Kamburov and L. Ivanov. Bowles Ridge and Central Tangra Mountains: Livingston Island, Antarctica. Scale 1:25000 map. Sofia: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2023. {{ISBN| 978-619-90008-6-1}}

==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=aus> {{cite web | url=http://www.theomegafoundation.org/livingston03.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927051924/http://www.theomegafoundation.org/livingston03.htm | archive-date=2007-09-27 | title = Expedition Omega Livingston 2003 | publisher = The Omega Foundation | location = USA | year=2003}}</ref> <ref name=gnis>{{cite gnis | type = antarid | id = 1765| name = Mount Bowles| access-date = 2013-11-11}}</ref> }} * {{cite book|first=Damien|last=Gildea|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TrHtBgAAQBAJ |title = Mountaineering in Antarctica: complete guide: Travel guide|publisher=Primento|edition=reprint|year=2015|isbn=978-2-51103-136-0}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bowles, Mount}} Category:Mountains of Livingston Island