Thompson Glacier

Thompson Glacier
Map of Antarctica, with Wilkes Land slightly to the right
Location of Thompson Glacier in Antarctica
Type	channel
Location	Wilkes Land
Coordinates	66°45′00″S 123°39′00″E / 66.75000°S 123.65000°E / -66.75000; 123.65000
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	Paulding Bay
Status	unknown

Thompson Glacier (66°45′S 123°39′E / 66.750°S 123.650°E / -66.750; 123.650Coordinates: 66°45′S 123°39′E / 66.750°S 123.650°E / -66.750; 123.650) is a channel glacier draining northward to the head of Paulding Bay. Delineated by G.D. Blodgett (1955) from aerial photographs taken by Operation Highjump (1946–47). Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Egbert Thompson, Midshipman on the sloop Wilkes.

See also

• List of glaciers in the Antarctic
• Glaciology

References

•  This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Thompson Glacier" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).