Mount JJ Thomson
| Mount JJ Thomson | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Asgard Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 41 '0 " S , 162 ° 15' 0" E | |
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Mount JJ Thomson is a distinctive, hump-shaped mountain in East Antarctica, Victoria Land . It rises on the north face of the Taylor Valley above Lake Bonney between the Rhone Glacier and the Matterhorn Glacier .
The western group led by the British geologist Thomas Griffith Taylor (1880-1963) on the Terra Nova Expedition (1910-1913) made the name. The initials were retained to better distinguish the mountain from Mount Allan Thomson . It is named after the British physicist and Nobel Prize winner Joseph John Thomson (1856–1940).
Web links
- Mount JJ Thomson in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount JJ Thomson on geographic.org (English)