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List of glaciers in South America. San Rafael Glacier, Chile. Perito Moreno Glacier, Argentina as seen from space. Pastoruri Glacier, Peru. Glacier Lagoon, Bolivia. Glaciers in South America develop exclusively on the Andes and are subject to the Andes various climatic regimes namely the Tropical Andes, Dry Andes and the Wet Andes.
The lists include outlet glaciers, valley glaciers, cirque glaciers, tidewater glaciers and ice streams. Ice streams are a type of glacier [5] and many of them have "glacier" in their name, e.g. Pine Island Glacier. Ice shelves are listed separately in the List of Antarctic ice shelves. For the purposes of these lists, the Antarctic is defined ...
Victoria Land. Kukri Hills (77°44′S 162°42′E) is a prominent east-west trending range, about 25 nautical miles (46 km) long and over 2,000 metres (6,600 ft) high, forming the divide between Ferrar Glacier on the south and Taylor Glacier and Taylor Valley on the north, in Victoria Land, Antarctica. [1] They are south of the Asgard Range ...
This category has the following 8 subcategories, out of 8 total. Glaciers of Argentina (14 P) Glaciers of Bolivia (15 P) Glaciers of Chile (1 C, 11 P) Glaciers of Colombia (6 P) Glaciers of Ecuador (4 P) Glaciers of Peru (1 C, 37 P) Glaciers of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (1 C) Glaciers of Venezuela ...
Perito Moreno Glacier. The Perito Moreno Glacier (Spanish: Glaciar Perito Moreno) is a glacier located in Los Glaciares National Park in southwest Santa Cruz Province, Argentina, and originated in the Magallanes Region in Chile. It is one of the most important tourist attractions in the Argentine Patagonia.
The glaciers of Chile cover 2.7% (20,188 km 2) 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.
Inscription. 1981 (5th Session) Location of the park in the Santa Cruz Province in Argentina. Los Glaciares National Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional Los Glaciares) is a federal protected area in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. The park covers an area of 726,927 ha (7,269.27 km 2; 2,806.68 sq mi), making it the largest national park in the country.
The Southern Patagonian Ice Field (Spanish: Campo de Hielo Patagónico Sur), located at the Southern Patagonic Andes between Chile and Argentina, is the world's second largest contiguous extrapolar ice field. [ 1 ] It is the bigger of two remnant parts of the Patagonian Ice Sheet, which covered all of southern Chile during the last glacial ...