Thompson Glacier | |
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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 |
Thickness | unknown |
Terminus | Paulding Bay |
Status | unknown |
Thompson Glacier (66°45′S 123°39′E / 66.750°S 123.650°E) 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.