Thurston Glacier

The glacier trends eastward and then east-north-eastward to reach the northern shore of the island.

The glacier was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Thomas R. Thurston, a United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) meteorologist at Byrd Station in 1965.

[1] A 293 ha site, comprising the marine area and fast ice that forms near the terminus of the glacier, has been designated an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports a breeding colony of about 3,000 emperor penguins, estimated from 2009 satellite imagery.

[2] This article incorporates public domain material from "Thurston Glacier".

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