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Map of Thurston Island
Location in Antarctica
Location	Ellsworth Land
Coordinates	78°40′00″S 84°46′00″W / 78.66667°S 84.76667°W / -78.66667; -84.76667
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	Koether Inlet
Status	unknown

Satellite image of Thurston Island.

Goff Glacier (72°14′S 97°26′W / 72.233°S 97.433°W / -72.233; -97.433) is a broad glacier flowing from Parker Peak into the head of Koether Inlet on the north side of Thurston Island, Antarctica. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after Lieutenant Robert G. Goff, co-pilot of PBM Mariner aircraft 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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