Thomson Glacier Explained

Thomson Glacier
Map:Antarctica
Mark:Blue_pog.svg
Location:Bryan Coast
Coordinates:-73.45°N -93°W
Length:8nmi
Thickness:unknown
Status:unknown

Thomson Glacier (-73.45°N -93°W) is a glacier about 8 nautical miles (15 km) long on Bryan Coast flowing between Rydberg and Wirth Peninsulas into Fladerer Bay. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Janet W. Thomson, British Antarctic Survey, head of the mapping operations from the 1980s to 2002, and member of the USA-UK cooperative project to compile Glaciological and Coastal-Change Maps of the Antarctic Peninsula.

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