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Thomson Point
Thomson Point
is a point on the
east side
of
Pirie Peninsula
, 1.7
nautical miles
southeast of
Cape Mabel
, on
the north
coast of
Laurie Island
in the
South Orkney Islands
.
Charted in
1903
by the
Scottish National Antarctic Expedition
under
William Speirs Bruce
, who named it for J.A. Thomson,
regius professor
of
natural history
,
University of Aberdeen
, Scotland.