Thurston Island

Thurston Island is a largely ice-covered, glacially dissected island, 135 nautical miles long and 55 nautical miles wide, lying between and a short way off the northwest end of , Antarctica.
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Thurston Island

Latitude
-72.24076° or 72° 14′ 27″ south
Longitude
-98.73678° or 98° 44′ 12″ west
Elevation
691 metres (2,267 feet)
Open location code
26V3Q757+M7
Geo­Names ID
6620705
Wiki­data ID
Q583990
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Western Panjabi—“Thurston Island” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Thurston-eiland
  • Arabic: جزيرة ثورستن
  • Azerbaijani: Terston
  • Basque: Thurston uhartea
  • Bulgarian: Търстън (остров)
  • Bulgarian: Търстън
  • Catalan: illa de Thurston
  • Catalan: Illa de Thurston
  • Cebuano: Thurston Island
  • Chinese: 瑟斯顿岛
  • Czech: Thurstonův ostrov
  • Dutch: Thurston-eiland
  • Dutch: Thurstoneiland
  • Finnish: Thurstoninsaari
  • French: île Thurston
  • French: Île Thurston
  • French: Thurston Island
  • Galician: Illa Thurston
  • Georgian: ტარსტონი
  • German: Thurston-Insel
  • Greek: Θέρστον
  • Hebrew: האי ת’רסטון
  • Hebrew: ת’רסטון
  • Italian: isola Thurston
  • Italian: Isola Thurston
  • Japanese: サーストン島
  • Latvian: Tērstona sala
  • Lithuanian: Tarstono sala
  • Macedonian: Тарстон
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Thurston Island
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Thurston Island
  • Norwegian: Thurston Island
  • Norwegian: Thurstonøya
  • Polish: Wyspa Thurstona
  • Portuguese: Ilha Thurston
  • Russian: Терстон
  • Slovak: Thurstonov polostrov
  • Spanish: Isla Thurston
  • Spanish: Thurston, Isla
  • Swedish: Thurston Island
  • Turkish: Thurston Adası
  • Ukrainian: Тарстон
  • Ukrainian: Терстон
  • Waray (Philippines): Thurston
  • Welsh: Ynys Thurston
  • Western Panjabi: تھرسٹن جزیرہ

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