Bellisime Glacier facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Bellisime Glacier
Map of Thurston Island
Location in Antarctica
Location	Ellsworth Land
Coordinates	72°19′S 99°53′W / 72.317°S 99.883°W / -72.317; -99.883
Length	4 nmi (7 km; 5 mi)
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	east of Myers Glacier
Status	unknown

Satellite image of Thurston Island.

Bellisime Glacier (72°19′S 99°53′W / 72.317°S 99.883°W / -72.317; -99.883) 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.

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.