Bowman Island is a high ice-covered island, about 39 kilometres (24 mi) long and from 3 to 10 kilometres (2 to 6 mi) wide, shaped like a figure eight. Bowman Island is located at 65°16′48″S 103°6′36″E. Bowman Island rises above the northeastern part of Shackleton Ice Shelf, which partially encloses the island, 40 kilometres (25 mi) northeast of Cape Elliott. Discovered on January 28, 1931, by British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) under Sir Douglas Mawson, who named it for Isaiah Bowman, then Director of the American Geographical Society.

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Bowman Island

Bowman Island Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	65°16′48″S 103°6′36″E
Area	186 km2 (72 sq mi)
Length	39 km (24.2 mi)
Width	10 km (6 mi)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited

See also

• Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
• List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S
• SCAR
• Territorial claims in Antarctica