Thomson Cove (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Thomson Cove (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Cove
This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
between Rahir Point and Étienne Fjord, Flandres Bay, Danco Coast, was charted by FAE, 1903-05, and named Baie Thomson after Gaston-Arnold-Marie Thomson (1848-1932), French politician and Ministre de la Marine in 1905, who was of assistance to this expedition and to FAE, 1908-10 (Charcot, 1906b, p.472; Matha and Rey, 1911, Pl. 3). Thomson Bay (USHO, 1943, p.135). Bahía Thomson (Argentina. MM chart 106, 1949; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.276). Bahía Thompson [sic] (Argentina. MM, 1953, p.348). Thomson Cove, following survey by FIDS from Shackleton in February 1956 and air photography by FIDASE, 1956-57 (APC, 1960, p.8; USOO chart 6945, 1963).
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