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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Latitude
-72.24076° or 72° 14′ 27″ south
Longitude
-98.73678° or 98° 44′ 12″ west
Open location code
26V3Q757+M7
Geo­Names ID
6620705
Wiki­data ID
Q583990

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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”
  • Cebuano: “Thurston Island”
  • Chinese: “瑟斯顿岛”
  • Czech: “Thurstonův ostrov”
  • Dutch: “Thurston-eiland”
  • Finnish: “Thurstoninsaari”
  • 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”
  • 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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Antarctica: Highlights

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