Map of Thurston Island.
Satellite image of Thurston Island.

Dyer Point (71°53′S 100°37′W / 71.883°S 100.617°W / -71.883; -100.617) is an ice-covered point just west of Hughes Peninsula on the north coast of Thurston Island. It was first plotted from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump in December 1946, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for J.N. Dyer, a radio engineer with the Byrd Antarctic Expedition in 1933–35.[1]

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  1. "Dyer Point". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 21 February 2012.

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