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List of glaciers in South America

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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. Apart from this there is a wide range of altitudes 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 America's glaciers lie in Chile.

List of glaciers

Argentina

Bolivia

Chile

Colombia

Ecuador

Peru

Venezuela

See also

References

  1. "Abra Malaga".
List of glaciers in the Americas
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states
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Andean glaciers
Tropical Andes (11° N–20° S)
Dry Andes (20°–35° S)
Wet Andes (35°–55° S)
Other
Northern Patagonian Ice Field
Southern Patagonian Ice Field
Cordillera Darwin
Note: Glaciers are ordered by latitude from north to south. Mountains with significant glaciers are shown in italics.
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