Thomas Mountains

The Thomas Mountains rise to 4,872 feet above sea level in the north-west of the Hauberg Mountains along the Orville Coast of southern Palmer Land in the British Antarctic Territory.

These mountains were seen from the air by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition, 21 November 1947 and roughly mapped at around 9,500 feet about 76°30'S 70°45'W. They were named 'Mount Lowell Thomas' or 'Lowell Thomas Mountains' after Lowell Thomas (1892-1981), American author, radio commentator and television producer with National Broadcasting Company, New York; a supporter of the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition. The mountains were surveyed on US Antarctic Peninsula traverse, 1961-62, and following air photography by the United States Navy, 1965-67, mapped from air photographs by the United States Geological Survey.

Location

• Location map: 75°32’32"S, 70°58’25"W

References

• Gazetteer and Map of The British Antarctic Territory: Thomas Mountains