Steffen Glacier

Steffen Glacier is a major outlet glacier of the Northern Patagonian Ice Field in Aysén Region of Chile. It is the southernmost outlet glacier of the Northern Patagonian Ice Field and ends up in a lagoon from where Huemules River is born. The glacier is named after Hans Steffen a German geographer who explored Aysén Region on behalf of the Chilean government before the General Treaty of Arbitration between Chile and the Argentine Republic of 1902.

See also

• Katalalixar National Reserve
• Cerro Arenales
• List of glaciers

References

• See Figure 55 in this USGS study for a map and discussion of the glacier's advances and retreats