Thode Island is a small ice-covered island situated in the Sulzberger Ice Shelf, located northwest of Benton Island and east of Przybyszewski Island in the Marshall Archipelago. The island was first mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959–65. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for George C. Thode, electronic technician and meteorologist at Byrd Station in 1968. See also List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands Islands of Marie Byrd Land