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Thompson Island (66°0′S 110°7′E) is the largest and northeasternmost of the Balaena Islands, situated about 1 kilometre (1⁄2 nautical mile) from the coast of Antarctica and 28 kilometres (15 nautical miles) northeast of the Windmill Islands. The island consists of two rocky knolls separated by a low saddle of snow (it may actually be two islands connected by ice). This feature was first photographed from aircraft of U.S. Navy Operation Highjump in February 1947, and was mapped from that photography by Gardner Blodgett in 1955. It was visited by a party of the ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) on January 19, 1956, and named for Richard Thompson, Administrative Officer, Antarctic Division, Melbourne, who was second-in-command for several years of ANARE relief expeditions to Heard Island, Macquarie Island and Mawson Station.

See also

• List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Thompson Island (Antarctica)". (content from the Geographic Names Information System) 

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[de] Thompson Island (Antarktika)

Thompson Island ist eine Insel 800 m vor der Budd-Küste des ostantarktischen Wilkeslands. Sie ist die größte und nördlichste der Balaena-Inseln und liegt 24 km nordöstlich der Windmill-Inseln. Die Insel besteht aus zwei felsigen Hügeln, die durch einen verschneiten Sattel voneinander getrennt sind.

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- [en] Thompson Island (Antarctica)

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[it] Isola Thompson (Windmill)

L'isola Thompson (in inglese Thompson Island) è una piccola isola antartica facente parte dell'arcipelago Windmill.

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