Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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Thompo Icefall (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Thompo Icefall (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Icefall
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:
flowing E between Mount Hummer and Mount Hook on NE side of Saratoga Table, Forrestal Range, Pensacola Mountains, was photographed from the air by USN in 1964; following field work by USGS from 1965, named after Robert W. ("Thompo") Thompson, photographer with USN Squadron VXE-6 in Balleny Islands and "Eights Station" areas, 1963-64, and in Pensacola Mountains, 1964-65 (APC, 1980, p.5).
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