Dustin Island is an
island
An island (or isle) is an isolated piece of habitat that is surrounded by a dramatically different habitat, such as water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island ...
about long, lying southeast of
Cape Annawan,
Thurston Island
Thurston Island is an ice-covered, glacially dissected island, long, wide and in area, lying a short way off the northwest end of Ellsworth Land, Antarctica. It is the third-largest island of Antarctica, after Alexander Island and Berkner Isl ...
. The feature forms the SE limit of
Seraph Bay
Seraph Bay is an open bay about 15 nautical miles (28 km) wide, formed at the southeast end of Thurston Island. It is bounded by Cape Annawan on the northwest, Abbot Ice Shelf on the southwest and Dustin Island on the southeast. It was d ...
.
It was discovered by Rear Admiral
Byrd Byrd commonly refers to:
* William Byrd (c. 1540 – 1623), an English composer of the Renaissance
* Richard E. Byrd (1888–1957), an American naval officer and explorer
Byrd or Byrds may also refer to:
Other people
* Byrd (surname), includin ...
and other members of the USAS in a flight from the ''Bear'' on February 27, 1940. It was named by Byrd for Frederick G. Dustin, member of the Byrd AE and mechanic with the USAS.
Maps
Thurston Island – Jones Mountains.1:500000 Antarctica Sketch Map. US Geological Survey, 1967.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD).Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993–2016.
Further reading
* Defense Mapping Agency 1992,
Sailing Directions (planning Guide) and (enroute) for Antarctica', P 379
External links
Dustin Islandon
USGS
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website
Dustin Islandon
SCAR
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website
Dustin Islandon marineregions.org
Frederick G. Dustin Logbookat Dartmouth College Library
References
Islands of Ellsworth Land
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