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Bulbur Glacier
Thurston Island - en.svg
Map of Thurston Island
Map showing the location of Bulbur Glacier
Map showing the location of Bulbur Glacier
Location in Antarctica
Location Ellsworth Land
Coordinates 72°27′S 98°33′W / 72.450°S 98.550°W / -72.450; -98.550
Thickness unknown
Terminus O'Dowd Cove
Status unknown
ThurstonIsland Terra MODIS
Satellite image of Thurston Island.

Bulbur Glacier (72°27′S 98°33′W / 72.450°S 98.550°W / -72.450; -98.550) is a glacier in south-central Thurston Island; it flows south along the west side of Boker Rocks into O'Dowd Cove. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after E.R. Bulbur, Photographer's Mate in the Eastern Group of U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, which obtained aerial photographs of Thurston Island and adjacent coastal areas, 1946–47.

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