Rowley Massif is a prominent mountain massif between the Haley

Haley Glacier

Haley Glacier is a glacier, 8 nautical miles long, draining southeast along the north side of Rowley Massif into Odom Inlet, on the east coast of Palmer Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey in 1974. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Philip H...

 and Cline Glacier

Cline Glacier

Cline Glacier is a large glacier that drains the vicinity at the east side of Mount Jackson and flows generally southeast between Schirmacher Massif and Rowley Massif into the head of Odom Inlet, on the east side of Palmer Land. It was mapped by United States Geological Survey in 1974, and named by...

s. It surmounts the north side of the head of Odom Inlet

Odom Inlet

Odom Inlet is an ice-filled inlet 9 miles long, between Cape Howard and Cape MacDonald along the east coast of Palmer Land. It was discovered by members of the US Antarctic Service who explored this coast from East Base both by land and from the air in 1940, and named for Howard Odom, radio...

 on the east coast of Palmer Land

Palmer Land

Palmer Land is that portion of the Antarctic Peninsula which lies south of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This application of Palmer Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between US-ACAN and UK-APC, in which the name Antarctic Peninsula was approved for the major peninsula of...

. Mapped by 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,...

 (USGS) in 1974. Named by 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...

 (US-ACAN) after geologist Peter D. Rowley of the USGS, a member of the USGS geologic and mapping party to the Lassiter Coast

Lassiter Coast

Lassiter Coast is that portion of the east coast of Antarctic Peninsula extending from Cape Mackintosh to Cape Adams. The north portion of this coast was discovered and photographed from the air by the United States Antarctic Service in 1940...

, 1970–71, and leader of the USGS party to the area, 1972-73.