Dyer Point

Dyer Point

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. First plotted from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump in December 1946. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for J.N. Dyer, radio engineer with the Byrd Antarctic Expedition in 1933-35.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Dyer Point" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).