Bowers Mountains () is a group of north-south trending mountains in Antarctica, about 145 km (90 mi) long and 56 km (35 mi) wide, bounded by the coast on the north and by the Rennick, Canham, Black and Lillie glaciers in other quadrants. A mountain is a Landform that extends above the surrounding Terrain in a limited area with a peak Lillie Glacier is a large Glacier, about 160 km (100 mi long and 16 km (10 mi wide between Bowers Mountains on the west and Concord and Anare Mountains The seaward end was first sighted in February 1911 from the Terra Nova, under Lt. Harry L. L. Pennell, RN, and was subsequently named "Bowers Hills" in honour of Henry Robertson Bowers who perished with Captain Robert Falcon Scott on their return from the South Pole in 1912. The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore known as the Senior Service) Lieutenant Henry Robertson (Birdie Bowers ( July 29, 1883 - March 29, 1912) was one of Robert Falcon Scott 's polar party on the ill-fated The South Pole, also known as the Geographic South Pole or Terrestrial South Pole, is the southernmost point on the surface of the Earth.
The feature was photographed from U. S. Navy aircraft in 1946-47 and 1960-62, and was surveyed and mapped by USGS in 1962-63. The United States Geological Survey ( USGS) is a scientific agency of the United States government. The name was amended to Bowers Mountains upon USGS mapping which showed the group to be a major one with peaks rising to nearly 2,600 metres.
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