Bowles Creek is a glacial meltwater distributary stream, 0.25 nautical miles (0.5 km) long, which flows east from Maria Creek into the southwest end of Lake Fryxell, close west of Green Creek, in Taylor Valley, Victoria Land. The name was suggested by hydrologist Diane McKnight, the leader of a United States Geological Survey (USGS) team which made extensive studies of the hydrology and geochemistry of streams and ponds in the Lake Fryxell basin, 1987–94. The creek is named after USGS hydrologist Elizabeth C.