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Thern Promontory

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Thern Promontory (74°33′S 162°6′E) is a high, ice-covered promontory, 2,220 m, forming a westward projection at the south end of Eisenhower Range, about 7 nautical miles (13 km) west of Mount Nansen, in Victoria Land. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Michael G. Thern, station engineer at McMurdo Station with the 1965-66 summer party and the 1967 winter party.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Thern Promontory" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).

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