Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
SCAR Gazetteer Information: Each place can have one or more entries in the SCAR Composite Gazetteer, dependant on its origin. By viewing an individual entry, you may see multiple references to the same place. SCAR uses a more general feature type coding, so each place will, in general, have multiple feature types.
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Thompson Glacier (AUS) | 66° 45' 00.0" S | 123° 35' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 545
Place ID: 14625
A glacier on the Banzare Coast flowing northwards into the southern side of Paulding Bay. Delineated from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump. Named by USACAN after E. Thompson, midshipman on the sloop Peacock, one of the ships of the US Exploring Expedition (1938-42) under Lieut. (later Rear Adm.) C. Wilkes, USN. |
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| Thompson Glacier (USA) | 66° 45' 00.0" S | 123° 39' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 132640
Place ID: 14625
A channel glacier draining northward to the head of Paulding Bay. Delineated by G.D. Blodgett (1955) from aerial photographs taken by Operation Highjump (1946-47). Named by US-ACAN after Egbert Thompson, Midshipman on the sloop Wilkes. |
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