Thompson Peninsula
| Thompson Peninsula | ||
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| Coordinates | 64 ° 28 '59 " S , 63 ° 9' 0" W | |
| location | Anvers Island ( Palmer Archipelago , West Antarctica ) | |
| Waters 1 | Fournier Bay | |
| Waters 2 | Patagonia Bay | |
| length | 5 km | |
The Thompson Peninsula is a 5 km long peninsula in the northeast of Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula . It marks the north side of the entrance to Fournier Bay .
The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) carried out surveys between 1955 and 1957. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named them in 1959 after John Whiteside Thompson (* 1928), surveyor's assistant and climber for the FIDS at the Arthur Harbor station in 1956, which he headed in 1957.
Web links
- Thompson Peninsula in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Thompson Peninsula on geographic.org (English)