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.
List of ice fields
[edit]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 |
List of glaciers
[edit]North
[edit]Center
[edit]South
[edit]- Garibaldi Glacier
- Schiaparelli Glacier
- Balmaceda Glacier
- Tyndall Glacier or Geike Glacier
- Grey Glacier
- Amalia Glacier
- Dickson Glacier
- Ameghino Glacier
- Speghazzini Glacier
- Upsala Glacier
- Viedma Glacier
- Southern Patagonian Ice Field
- Brüggen Glacier or Pío XI Glacier
- Chico Glacier
- O'Higgins Glacier
- Tempano Glacier
- Ofhidro Glacier
- Jorge Montt Glacier
- Steffen Glacier
- Colonia Glacier
- Nef Glacier
- Northern Patagonian Ice Field
- Soler Glacier
- San Quintín Glacier
- San Rafael Glacier
- Gualas Glacier
- Hudson Volcano
- Michinmahuida Volcano
- Blanco Chico Glacier
- Casa Pangue Glacier
- Villarrica Glacier
- Bernardo Glacier
(Following Glaciers aren't in the list of http://www.glaciologia.cl)
- Alemania Glacier
- Darwin Glacier
- Exploradores Glacier
- Francia Glacier
- Grandes Ventisqueros
- Gran Campo Nevado
- Holanda Glacier
- Italia Glacier
- La Paloma Glacier
- Leones Glacier
- Los Perros Glacier
- Marinelli Glacier
- Mocho-Choshuenco
- Patagonian Ice Sheet†
- Pingo Glacier
- Queulat Glacier
- Romanche Glacier
- Serrano Glacier
- Stoppani Glacier
- Yelcho Glacier
External links
[edit]- (in Spanish) Chilean glacier inventory at Glaciologia.cl of Andrés Rivera
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