Bellisime Glacier

Bellisime Glacier (72°19′S 99°53′W) is a glacier about 4 nautical miles (7 km) long flowing south from Thurston Island east of Myers Glacier. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after Lynda B. Bellisime of the United States Geological Survey (USGS), Flagstaff, Arizona, part of the USGS team that compiled the 1:5,000,000-scale Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer maps of Antarctica and the 1:250,000-scale Landsat TM image maps of the Siple Coast area in the 1990s.[1]

Bellisime Glacier
Map of Thurston Island
Location of Bellisime Glacier in Antarctica
LocationEllsworth Land
Coordinates72°19′S 99°53′W
Length4 nmi (7 km; 5 mi)
Thicknessunknown
Terminuseast of Myers Glacier
Statusunknown
Satellite image of Thurston Island.

See also

Maps

  • Thurston Island – Jones Mountains. 1:500000 Antarctica Sketch Map. US Geological Survey, 1967.[2]
  • Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.[3]

References

  1. "Bellisime Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2011-06-01.
  2. "Thurston Island - Jones Mountains | Polar Geospatial Center". www.pgc.umn.edu. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  3. Survey, David Herbert, British Antarctic. "Antarctic Digital Database". www.add.scar.org. Retrieved 3 October 2016.



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