Thompson Peninsula

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Location of Anvers Island in the Antarctic Peninsula region.

Thompson Peninsula (

 WikiMiniAtlas
64°28′S 63°8′W / 64.467°S 63.133°W / -64.467; -63.133Coordinates: 64°28′S 63°8′W / 64.467°S 63.133°W / -64.467; -63.133) is a peninsula 3 nautical miles (6 km) long on the northeast coast of Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. It is bounded by Patagonia Bay on the northwest and Fournier Bay on the southeast, and ends in Dralfa Point on the northeast.

The peninsula was surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1955–57, and named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for John W. Thompson (1928-2012) of FIDS, general assistant and mountaineer at Arthur Harbor in 1956 and leader at that station in 1957.

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Thompson Peninsula". (content from the Geographic Names Information SystemEdit this at Wikidata


Retrieved from ""