Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Thomson Head (GBR) | 67° 35' 00.0" S | 66° 46' 00.0" W | Head |
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Name ID: 111568
Place ID: 14638
on S side of Bourgeois Fjord, Fallières Coast, W of Perutz Glacier, was surveyed by BIGLE in August 1936; resurveyed by FIDS from "Stonington Island" in November 1949 and named after William Harvie Thomson (b. 1922), FIDS aircraft pilot, "Stonington Island", 1946-47 (APC, 1955, p.21; BAS 250P sheet SQ 19-20/14 (Ext.), 1-DOS 1978). |
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| Thomson Head (USA) | 67° 35' 00.0" S | 66° 46' 00.0" W | Head |
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Name ID: 132653
Place ID: 14638
Steep, rocky headland rising to 915 m at the E side of Bourgeois Fjord, between Perutz and Bader Glaciers on the W coast of Graham Land. First surveyed in 1936 by the BGLE under Rymill. Resurveyed in 1948-49 by the FIDS and named for William H. Thomson, FIDS air pilot at Stonington Island in 1947. |
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