Bowles Ridge
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Bowles Ridge (Hrebet Bowles \'hre-bet 'bOls\) is the central ridge of eastern Livingston Island. The ridge extends 6.5km in the east-west direction and is 1.5km wide. The summit of the ridge is Mount Bowles which rises to 822m and is located 9.77km northwest of Great Needle Peak, 6.08km north by west of Mount Friesland, 8.77km east-northeast of St. Kliment Ohridski base and 9.25km south by west of Miziya Peak.
Bowles Ridge is bounded by Kaliakra Glacier and Struma Glacier to the north, by Perunika Glacier to the west and southwest and by Huron Glacier to the southeast and east. It is linked to Friesland Ridge of the Tangra Mountains by Wörner Gap, to Hemus Peak by Dimov Gate, and to Melnik Ridge by Yankov Gap.
The feature takes its name from Mount Bowles.
The feature was mapped by the British in 1968 and surveyed by Bulgarian topographic surveys in 1995/6 and 2004/5 with mapping in 2005.
[edit] Location
The midpoint of the ridge is at
The summit is at
Coordinates and elevation of Mount Bowles according to 2003 Australian GPS survey.
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This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
