Thomson massif
| Thomson massif | ||
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| location | Mac Robertson Land ( East Antarctica ) | |
| part of | Prince Charles Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 70 ° 35 ′ S , 66 ° 48 ′ E | |
The Thomson Massif is a mountain massif in the East Antarctic Mac Robertson Land . It rises in the Aramis Range of the Prince Charles Mountains . Its peaks include Mount Sundberg and Mount McGregor .
It was identified from aerial photographs taken in 1956 and 1960 as part of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions . The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) named it after Robert Baden Thomson (1927-2008), head of the Wilkes station in 1962.
Web links
- Thomson Massif in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Thomson Massif on geographic.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Robert Baden Thomson. Entry in the ArchiveGrid (accessed January 5, 2016).