Thomson Summit
Thomson Summit | ||
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height | 1515 m | |
location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
Mountains | Behrendt Mountains | |
Coordinates | 75 ° 15 '50 " S , 72 ° 24' 55" W | |
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First ascent | 1966 | |
Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) |
The Thomson Summit is a 1515 m high and mostly snow-covered mountain in the West Antarctic Ellsworthland . In the Behrendt Mountains it rises between Mount Goodman and Mount Chandler .
A team of geologists led by Peter Dewitt Rowley (* 1942) from the University of Texas explored the Behrendt Mountains between 1984 and 1985 as part of the United States Antarctic Research Program . At Rowley's suggestion, the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named the mountain in 1985. It is named after the British geologist Janet Wendy Thomson from the British Antarctic Survey , who was part of Rowley's team as an exchange scientist and who climbed the mountain in 1992. The first ascent was made in January 1966 by a team from the University of Wisconsin .
Web links
- Thomson Summit in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Thomson Summit on geographic.org (English)