Mount Bowser
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Mount Bowser is a prominent peak
, 3655 metre high, standing 2 miles (3 km) south of Mount Astor
at the north end of Fram Mesa
, in the Queen Maud Mountains
. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey
from surveys and from U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–64, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
for Carl J. Bowser, geologist at McMurdo Station
, 1965–66 and 1966–67 seasons.
Summit (topography)
In topography, a summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. Mathematically, a summit is a local maximum in elevation...
, 3655 metre high, standing 2 miles (3 km) south of Mount Astor
Mount Astor
Mount Astor is a prominent peak, high, standing north of Mount Bowser in the Hays Mountains of the Queen Maud Mountains. It was discovered by Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd on the Byrd Antarctic Expedition flight of November 1929 to the South Pole, and named by him for Vincent Astor,...
at the north end of Fram Mesa
Fram Mesa
Fram Mesa is a high, ice-capped mesa, 10 nautical miles long and 1 to 3 nautical miles wide, that forms the northeast portion of Nilsen Plateau in the Queen Maud Mountains. The feature may have been seen by Amundsen in 1911, and it was observed and partially mapped by the Byrd Antarctic...
, in the Queen Maud Mountains
Queen Maud Mountains
The Queen Maud Mountains are a major group of mountains, ranges and subordinate features of the Transantarctic Mountains, lying between the Beardmore and Reedy Glaciers and including the area from the head of the Ross Ice Shelf to the polar plateau in Antarctica...
. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey
United States Geological Survey
The United States Geological Survey is a scientific agency of the United States government. The scientists of the USGS study the landscape of the United States, its natural resources, and the natural hazards that threaten it. The organization has four major science disciplines, concerning biology,...
from surveys and from U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–64, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending names for features in Antarctica...
for Carl J. Bowser, geologist at McMurdo Station
McMurdo Station
McMurdo Station is a U.S. Antarctic research center located on the southern tip of Ross Island, which is in the New Zealand-claimed Ross Dependency on the shore of McMurdo Sound in Antarctica. It is operated by the United States through the United States Antarctic Program, a branch of the National...
, 1965–66 and 1966–67 seasons.