List of glaciers in South America
Glaciers in South America develop exclusively on the Andes and are subject of the Andes various climatic regimes namely the Tropical Andes, Dry Andes and the Wet Andes. Apart from this there is a wide range of latitudes on which glaciers develop from 5000 m in the Altiplano mountains and volcanoes to reaching sealevel as tidewater glaciers from San Rafael Lagoon (45° S) and southwards. South America hosts two large ice fields, the Northern and Southern Patagonian Ice Fields, of which the second is the largest contiguous body of glaciers in extrapolar regions. By surface about 80% of South Americas glaciers lie in Chile.
List of glaciers
Argentina
Bolivia
Chile
Colombia
Ecuador
Peru
Venezuela
- Eastern Coromoto glacier
- Sievers glacier
- Pico Bolívar - three glaciers
- Timoncito glacier
- La Corona glacier
See also
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Andean glaciers
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| Tropical Andes (11° N–20° S) |
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| Dry Andes (20°–35° S) |
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| Wet Andes (35°–55° S) |
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Note: Glaciers are ordered by latitude from north to south. Mountains with significant glaciers are shown in italics.
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References