Feature Name (see definition): Thomson Summit

Feature Class (see definition): Summit

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 15229

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 75° 16' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 072° 26' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -75.2666667

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -72.4333333

Elevation (see definition): 1515

Decision Year (see definition): No data

Description (see definition): A mostly snow-covered mountain rising to 1,515 m between Mount Goodman and Mount Chandler in the Behrendt Mountains (q.v.), Ellsworth Land. These mountains were visited during the 1984-85 season by a U.S. Antarctic Research Program (USARP) geological party led by Peter D. Rowley of the U.S. Geological Survey. Upon his suggestion, named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN), 1986, after Janet Wendy Thomson, British Antarctic Survey (BAS) geologist; British Exchange Scientist with the Rowley party who climbed to the summit of this mountain; from 1992, Head, Mapping and Geographic Information Centre, British Antarctic Survey (BAS).

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