Thomson Head

Thomson Head (

67°35′S 66°46′W / 67.583°S 66.767°W / -67.583; -66.767Coordinates: 67°35′S 66°46′W / 67.583°S 66.767°W / -67.583; -66.767) is a steep, rocky headland rising to 915 m at the east side of Bourgeois Fjord, between Perutz and Bader Glaciers, forming the north extremity of German Peninsula on Fallières Coast on the west side of Graham Land, Antarctica. First surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill. Resurveyed in 1948-49 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) and named for , FIDS air pilot at Stonington Island in 1947.

Map[]

• British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 67 66. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1978.

References[]

• SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Thomson Head". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)