- Thurston Island
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name = Thurston
image caption = Location of Thurston Island
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additional info =Thurston Island is an ice-covered, glacially dissected island, 215 km long, 90 km wide and 15,700 km² in area, lying a short way off the NW end of
Ellsworth Land ,Antarctica . It is the third largest island ofAntarctica , afterAlexander Island andBerkner Island . The island is separated from the mainland byPeacock Sound , which is occupied by the western portion ofAbbot Ice Shelf .cite web| url=http://aadc-maps.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/display_name.cfm?gaz_id=132691| title=Antarctic Gazetteer: Thurston Island| publisher=Australian Antarctic Division| accessdate=2008-01-26]The island was discovered from the air by Rear Admiral Byrd on
February 27 ,1940 , who named it forW. Harris Thurston , New York textile manufacturer, designer of the windproof "Byrd Cloth" and sponsor of Antarctic expeditions.Originally charted as a
peninsula , the feature was not recognised an island until1960 .References
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