Shelton Head

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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Shelton Head

Latitude
-72.51667° or 72° 31′ south
Longitude
-97.31667° or 97° 19′ west
Elevation
7 metres (23 feet)
Open location code
26V4FMMM+88
Geo­Names ID
6625171
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Shelton Head”. Photo: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Public domain.