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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Thompo Icefall (GBR) | 83° 18' 00.0" S | 50° 08' 00.0" W | Icefall |
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Name ID: 111563
Place ID: 14623
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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| Thompo Icefall (USA) | 83° 18' 00.0" S | 50° 08' 00.0" W | Icefall |
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Name ID: 132638
Place ID: 14623
An icefall at the NE edge of Saratoga Table between Mount Hummer and Mount Hook, in the Forrestal Range, Pensacola Mountains. Mapped by USGS in 1967 from ground surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photographs taken in 1964. Named by US-ACAN in 1979 after Robert W. Thompson, photographer of USN Squadron VX-6 in the Balleny Islands and Sky-Hi Nunataks areas, 1963-64, and in the Pensacola Mountains, 1964-65. Thompo is a nickname by which he and other family members have been known. |
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