Glaciers of Chile
Authority control databases: National
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The glaciers of Chile cover 2.7% (20,188 km2) of the land area of the country, excluding Antártica Chilena, and have a considerable impact on its landscape and water supply. By surface 80% of South America's glaciers lie in Chile. Glaciers develop in the Andes of Chile from 27˚S southwards and in a very few places north of 18°30'S in the extreme north of the country:[1] in between they are absent because of extreme aridity, though rock glaciers formed from permafrost are common. The largest glaciers of Chile are the Northern and Southern Patagonian Ice Fields. From a latitude of 47° S and south some glaciers reach sea level.
Apart from height and latitude, the settings of Chilean glaciers depend on precipitation patterns; in this sense two different regions exist: the Dry Andes and the Wet Andes.
This is a list of the ice fields of Chile.
| Name | Area (km²) |
Regions of Chile | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Patagonian Ice Field | 4,200 | Aisén | 47°00′S 73°30′W / 47.000°S 73.500°W |
| Southern Patagonian Ice Field | 14,200 (of 16,800) | Aisén and Magallanes | |
| Cordillera Darwin | 2,300 | Magallanes | |
| Gran Campo Nevado | 200 | Magallanes | 52°50′S 73°10′W / 52.833°S 73.167°W |
| Grandes Ventisqueros | Magallanes |
(Following Glaciers aren't in the list of http://www.glaciologia.cl)