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

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of Chile from 27˚S southwards and in a very few places north of 18°30'S in the extreme north of the country:Climate change and tropical Andean glaciers: Past, present and future
in between they are absent because of extreme aridity, though

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s formed from

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are common. The largest glaciers of Chile are the

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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

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and the

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List of ice fields

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List of glaciers

North

* Tapado Glacier * Tronquitos Glacier

Center

* Universidad Glacier * Cipreses Glacier * San Francisco Glacier * Esmeralda Glacier * Juncal Norte Glacier

South

* Garibaldi Glacier * Schiaparelli Glacier * Balmaceda Glacier * Tyndall Glacier or Geike Glacier * Grey Glacier * Amalia Glacier * Dickson Glacier * Ameghino Glacier * Speghazzini Glacier *

Upsala Glacier The Upsala Glacier is a large valley glacier on the eastern side of the Southern Patagonian Ice Field. Its higher portion lies in a disputed territory between Chile and Argentina. While the glacier flows from north to south it has three lesser eas ...

Viedma Glacier Viedma Glacier is a large glacier that is part of the huge Southern Patagonian Ice Field, located at the southern end of mainland South America. Viedma Glacier is a valley glacier and its moraine-rich terminus flows into the western end of Lake ...

* Southern Patagonian Ice Field * Brüggen Glacier or Pío XI Glacier *

Chico Glacier Chico () means ''small'', ''boy'' or ''child'' in the Spanish language. It is also the nickname for Francisco in the Portuguese language (). Chico may refer to: Places *Chico, California, a city *Chico, Montana, an unincorporated community *Chic ...

* O'Higgins Glacier * Tempano Glacier * Ofhidro Glacier *

Jorge Montt Glacier Jorge Montt Glacier is a tidewater glacier located in the Aisén Region of Chile, south of the town of Caleta Tortel. It lies at the north end of the Southern Patagonian Ice Field, within Bernardo O'Higgins National Park. The mouth of Pascua Rive ...

* Steffen Glacier *

Colonia Glacier Colonia Glacier (Spanish: ''Glaciar Colonia'' or ''Ventisquero Colonia'') is a valley glacier located in the Northern Patagonian Ice Field, Chile. The glacier spills out to the southeast from an ice plateau north of Cerro Arenales and has its ter ...

* Nef Glacier * Northern Patagonian Ice Field * Soler Glacier *

San Quintín Glacier The San Quintín Glacier is the largest outflow glacier of the Northern Patagonian Ice Field in southern Chile. Its terminus is a piedmont lobe just short of the Gulf of Penas on the Pacific Ocean and just north of 47°S. Recent retreat Like many ...

* San Rafael Glacier * Gualas Glacier * Hudson Volcano * Michinmahuida Volcano * Blanco Chico Glacier *

Casa Pangue Glacier Tronador ( es, Cerro Tronador) is an extinct stratovolcano in the southern Andes, located along the border between Argentina and Chile, near the Argentine city of Bariloche. The mountain was named ''Tronador'' ( Spanish for "Thunderer") by local ...

* Villarrica Glacier *

Bernardo Glacier Bernardo Glacier is one of the largest glaciers in the Southern Patagonian Ice Field. It is located northeast of Témpano Glacier, within Bernardo O'Higgins National Park in Chile. The glacier flows westward Bernardo Fjord. References

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(Following Glaciers aren't in the list of http://www.glaciologia.cl) *

Alemania Glacier Alemania Glacier, also known as Roncagli Glacier, is a glacier located in Alberto de Agostini National Park, Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country ...

* Darwin Glacier *

Exploradores Glacier The Exploradores Glacier is a glacier situated on the northeastern slope of Monte San Valentín, in the Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo Region of Chile. The locality nearest to the glacier is ''Puerto Río Tranquilo'', which is locate ...

* Francia Glacier *

* Gran Campo Nevado * Holanda Glacier *

Italia Glacier Italia Glacier is a tidewater glacier located in Alberto de Agostini National Park, Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the ...

La Paloma Glacier La Paloma Glacier ( es, Glaciar La Paloma) is a glacier located some northeast of Santiago. It one of the largest glaciers of central Chile. It originates at AMSL Height above mean sea level is a measure of the vertical distance (height, elevat ...

* Leones Glacier *

Los Perros Glacier LOS, or Los, or LoS may refer to: Science and technology * Length of stay, the duration of a single episode of hospitalisation * Level of service, a measure used by traffic engineers * Level of significance, a measure of statistical significance ...

Marinelli Glacier Marinelli Glacier is a tidewater glacier located in Alberto de Agostini National Park, Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego. The glacier spills out from the backbone of the Cordillera Darwin and calves into Ainsworth Bay, an embayment of the Almiranta ...

* Mocho-Choshuenco * Patagonian Ice Sheet† * Pingo Glacier * Queulat Glacier * Romanche Glacier * Serrano Glacier *

Stoppani Glacier Stoppani Glacier is a valley glacier located in Alberto de Agostini National Park, Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego. The glacier spills out from the backbone of the Cordillera Darwin The Cordillera Darwin is an extensive mountain range mantled by ...

* Yelcho Glacier

External links

Chilean glacier inventory
at Glaciologia.cl of Andrés Rivera {{Authority control

Glaciers A glacier (; ) is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving under its own weight. A glacier forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. It acquires distinguishing features, such as ...