Bowman Coast
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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
, then Director of the American Geographical Society
.
Antarctic Peninsula
The Antarctic Peninsula is the northernmost part of the mainland of Antarctica. It extends from a line between Cape Adams and a point on the mainland south of Eklund Islands....
between Cape Northrop and Cape Agassiz
Cape Agassiz
Cape Agassiz is the east tip of Hollick-Kenyon Peninsula, a narrow ice-drowned spur extending east from the main mountain axis of Antarctic Peninsula between Mobiloil Inlet and Revelle Inlet. The cape is the east end of a line from Cape Jeremy dividing Graham Land and Palmer Land. It was...
. It was discovered by Sir Hubert Wilkins
Hubert Wilkins
Sir Hubert Wilkins MC & Bar was an Australian polar explorer, ornithologist, pilot, soldier, geographer and photographer.-Early life:...
in an aerial flight of December 20, 1928. It was named by Wilkins for Isaiah Bowman
Isaiah Bowman
Isaiah Bowman, AB, Ph. D. was an American geographer...
, then Director of the American Geographical Society
American Geographical Society
The American Geographical Society is an organization of professional geographers, founded in 1851 in New York City. Most fellows of the society are Americans, but among them have always been a significant number of fellows from around the world...
.