# Thomson Head

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{{Short description|Headland in Antarctica}}
thumb|Location of German Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctic Peninsula.
'''Thomson Head''' ({{coord|67|35|S|66|46|W|display=inline,title}}) is a [headland](/source/headland) rising to 915 m at the cola side of [Bourgeois Fjord](/source/Bourgeois_Fjord), between [Perutz](/source/Perutz_Glacier) and [Bader Glacier](/source/Bader_Glacier)s, forming the north extremity of [German Peninsula](/source/German_Peninsula) on [Fallières Coast](/source/Falli%C3%A8res_Coast) on the west side of [Graham Land](/source/Graham_Land), [Antarctica](/source/Antarctica). First surveyed in 1936 by the [British Graham Land Expedition](/source/British_Graham_Land_Expedition) (BGLE) under Rymill. Resurveyed in 1948-49 by the [Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey](/source/Falkland_Islands_Dependencies_Survey) (FIDS) and named for [William H. Thomson](/source/William_H._Thomson), FIDS air pilot at [Stonington Island](/source/Stonington_Island) in 1947.

==Map==

* British Antarctic Territory.  Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 67 66.  Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1978.

==References==
* [http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/ SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer].

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Category:Headlands of Graham Land
Category:Fallières Coast

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