Pennell, Royal Navy, 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 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 (8,500 ft).

[1] Download coordinates as: The Bowers Mountains extend north into the Pacific Ocean.

Further north, the Posey Range forms the eastern edge of the Bowers Mountains, with the Lillie Glacier to its east.

[3] Geographical features include: This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Geological Survey.