Berisad Glacier

Berisad Glacier
Location of Sentinel Range in Western Antarctica
Location of Berisad Glacier in Antarctica
Location	Ellsworth Land
Coordinates	78°25′20″S 84°51′50″W
Length	3 nmi (6 km; 3 mi)
Width	1 nmi (2 km; 1 mi)
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	Dater Glacier
Status	unknown

Sentinel Range map.

Berisad Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Берисад, romanized: lednik Berisad, IPA: [ˈlɛdniɡ ˈbɛrisɐt]) is a glacier 3 nmi (6 km; 3 mi) long and 1 nmi (2 km; 1 mi) wide in Veregava Ridge, central Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. It flows north-northwestwards from Kushla Peak to join Dater Glacier northeast of Sipey Bluff.[1]

The glacier is named after the Thracian king Berisad, 358-352 BC.

Location

Berisad Glacier is centred at 78°25′20″S 84°51′50″W. US mapping in 1961, updated in 1988.

See also

• List of glaciers in the Antarctic
• Glaciology

Maps

• Vinson Massif. Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1988.
• Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly updated.

Notes

1. Berisad Glacier. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.

References

• Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)

External links

• Berisad Glacier. Copernix satellite image

This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.