Name details

Thomson Point

Thomson Point (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Thomson Point  (The name as it would appear on a map)

If this information is incorrect, please e-mail mapping@aad.gov.au

Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 111569

Feature type: Point

Origin

This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

E side of Pirie Peninsula, Laurie Island, on Browns Bay, was surveyed by SNAE in 1903 and named Point Thomson (Bruce and others, chart, [1903c]; Bruce, 1905b, map facing p.322) or Thomson Point (Bruce, 1903-04, p.86; BA chart 1775, 1938; APC, 1955, p.21), after John Arthur (later Sir Arthur) Thomson (1861-1933), Regius Professor of Natural History, University of Aberdeen, 1899-1930. Point Tomson [sic] (Sørlle, chart, 1912). Point Tomsen [sic] (Sørlle and Borge, chart, 1913). Tomsen [sic] Pynten (Sørlle, chart, [1930]). The point was recharted by DI in 1933. Thompson [sic] Point, in error (BA chart 1775, 17.viii.1934). Punta Thomson (Argentina. MM chart 117, 1952).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
60° 42' 00.0" S
-60.70000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
44° 37' 00.0" W
-44.61667°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Unknown
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
8-Sep-1953

Display Scales

Note These display scales were chosen for use by Australia, with an emphasis on East Antarctica.
          For example, selecting 'Aus_display_scale_20M' would only return names that would appear on a 1:20 million scale map.

Aus_display_scale_20M: No      Aus_display_scale_10M: No     
Aus_display_scale_5M: No      Aus_display_scale_2M: No     
Aus_display_scale_1M: No      Aus_display_scale_500k: No     
Aus_display_scale_250k: No      Aus_display_scale_100k: No     
Aus_display_scale_50k: No      Aus_display_scale_25k: No     
Aus_display_scale_10k: No      Aus_display_scale_5k: No     
Aus_display_scale_1k: No     


Related information

Biodiversity
View fauna, flora or both within 1.0 degree of this location

Place names
View British or international place names within 1.0 degree of this location.