Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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Thurston, Isla (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Thurston, Isla (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Island (5)
This name originates from Chile. It is part of the Chile Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
Avistada desde el aire por USAS durante vuelos efectuados desde el "Bear" en febrero de 1940. El nombre le fue puesto por el almirante Richard E. Byrd por W. Harris Thurston, de Nueva York, manufacturero de textiles y diseñador de la "Ropa Byrd" para protección del viento. Thurston contribuyó a la expedición. Isla que marca el límite occidental del mar de Bellingshausen y lo separa el mar de Amundsen.
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