Dyer Point () is an ice-covered point just west of

Hughes Peninsula Hughes Peninsula () is an ice-covered peninsula about long, lying west of Henry Inlet on the north side of Thurston Island, Antarctica. At the northeast end of the peninsula is ice-covered Cape Davies. These features were plotted from air pho ...

on the north coast of

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 Is ...

. 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 The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (ACAN or US-ACAN) is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending commemorative names for features in Antarctica. History The committee was established ...

for

J.N. Dyer JN or Jn may refer to: * Excel Airways (1994-2008, IATA airline designator) * Livingston Compagnia Aerea (2012-2014, IATA airline designator), an Italian airline * Jan Mayen (FIPS PUB 10-4 territory code), an island in the Arctic Ocean * Gospel of ...

, a radio engineer with the

Byrd Antarctic Expedition Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr. (October 25, 1888 – March 11, 1957) was an American naval officer and explorer. He was a recipient of the Medal of Honor, the highest honor for valor given by the United States, and was a pioneering American aviator, p ...

in 1933–35.

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). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

References

Headlands of Ellsworth Land {{ThurstonIsland-geo-stub