Mount Bowles
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Mount Bowles is an ice-covered mountain 822 metres (2,697 ft) high,[1] 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.
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Mount Bowles | |
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Highest point | |
Peak | 822 metres (2,697 ft) |
Coordinates | 62°37′0.15″S 60°12′08.5″W |
Geography | |
Continent | Antarctica |
Island | Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands |
Parent range | Bowles Ridge |
Climbing | |
First ascent | Àlex Simón, Vicente Castro, David Hita, and friend (2003) |
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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 Chanticleer.[2]
Mount Bowles was first climbed by Àlex Simón, Vicente Castro, David Hita and a friend from Juan Carlos I base on January 5, 2003.[3]