Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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| Thor Island (GBR) | 64° 33' 00.0" S | 62° 00' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 111572
Place ID: 14645
E side of Foyn Harbour, Nansen Island, Wilhelmina Bay, Danco Coast, was charted by BAE, 1920-22, and named South Thor Island (in contrast with North Thor Island, q.v.) after the whaling factory ship ThorI, which was moored to the island in the 1921-22 season and probably in other seasons also (Lester and others, chart, [1921-22]); photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57. Thor Island (APC, 1960, p.8; BA, 1961, p.164; BAS 250 sheet SQ 19-20/4, 1-DOS 1974). |
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| Thor Island (USA) | 64° 33' 00.0" S | 62° 00' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 132659
Place ID: 14645
The largest of a group of small islands lying at the E side of Foyn Harbor in Wilhelmina Bay, off the W coast of Graham Land. The island was named South Thor Island by whalers in 1921-22 because the whaling factory Thor I was moored to it during that season (the island to the NE was called North Thor Island). In 1960 the UK-APC limited the name Thor to the island actually used by the ship; the other island was left unnamed. |
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