Thompson Peninsula

Thompson Peninsula (64°28′S 63°8′W / 64.467°S 63.133°W / -64.467; -63.133Coordinates: 64°28′S 63°8′W / 64.467°S 63.133°W / -64.467; -63.133) is a peninsula 3 nautical miles (6 km) long forming the north side of the entrance to Fournier Bay, on Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago. Surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1955-57, and named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for John W. Thompson(1928-2012) of FIDS, general assistant and mountaineer at Arthur Harbor in 1956 and leader at that station in 1957.

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