Thompson Hill


Thompson Hill is the mostly ice-covered ridge rising to 800 m in central Sofia University Mountains, northern Alexander Island in Antarctica. It surmounts Nichols Snowfield to the southeast and Poste Valley to the northeast. The vicinity was visited on 2 February 1988 by the geological survey team of Christo Pimpirev and Borislav Kamenov, and Philip Nell and Peter Marquis.
The feature is named after the settlement of Thompson in Western Bulgaria, in connection with Major Frank Thompson, head of the British military mission to the Bulgarian resistance during World War II.

Location

Thompson Hill is located at, which is 4.34 km northeast of Mount Kliment Ohridski, 8.75 km east of Mount Wilbye in Lassus Mountains, 6.93 km southeast of Mount Braun, 4.2 km west of Vola Ridge, 10.9 km west by north of Lizard Nunatak and 8.12 km northwest of Shaw Nunatak. British mapping in 1971.

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