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Map of Thurston Island
Location in Antarctica
Location	Ellsworth Land
Coordinates	72°16′00″S 100°07′00″W / 72.26667°S 100.11667°W / -72.26667; -100.11667
Length	7 nautical miles (13 km; 8.1 mi)
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	Peacock Sound
Status	unknown

Satellite image of Thurston Island.

Myers Glacier (72°16′S 100°7′W / 72.267°S 100.117°W / -72.267; -100.117) is a valley glacier about 7 nautical miles (13 km; 8.1 mi) long, flowing southwest from Mount Noxon on Thurston Island to Abbot Ice Shelf in Peacock Sound. Delineated from aerial photographs taken by U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6 in January 1960. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant (j.g.) Dale P. Myers, U.S. Navy, helicopter pilot aboard USS Burton Island who made exploratory flights to Thurston Island in February 1960.

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