# Thompson Peninsula

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**Thompson Peninsula** ([64°28′S 63°8′W](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?params=64_28_S_63_8_W)) is a [peninsula](/source/Peninsula) 3 nautical miles (6 km) long on the northeast coast of [Anvers Island](/source/Anvers_Island) in the [Palmer Archipelago](/source/Palmer_Archipelago), [Antarctica](/source/Antarctica). It is bounded by [Patagonia Bay](/source/Patagonia_Bay) on the northwest and [Fournier Bay](/source/Fournier_Bay) on the southeast, and ends in [Dralfa Point](/source/Dralfa_Point) on the northeast.

The peninsula was surveyed by the [Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey](/source/Falkland_Islands_Dependencies_Survey) (FIDS) in 1955–57, and named by the [United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee](/source/United_Kingdom_Antarctic_Place-Names_Committee) (UK-APC) for John W. Thompson (1928-2012) of FIDS, general assistant and mountaineer at [Arthur Harbor](/source/Arthur_Harbor) in 1956 and leader at that station in 1957.

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