Thompson Glacier

British Columbia. Glacier: North Thompson River drainage
Headwaters of North Thompson River
52.6833 N 119.7 W — Map 83D/12 — GoogleGeoHack
Earliest known reference to this name is 1932
Name officially adopted in 1962
Official in BCCanada
This glacier appears on:
W. A. D. Munday’s map Cariboos 1925 [as Thompson Icefield]

Adopted 23 May 1962 on 83D, as labelled on BC map 3J, 1932, in association with the North Thompson River.

Possibly based on the 1925 map of the Cariboos by explorer Walter Alfred Don Munday [1890–1950].

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