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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.
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 .
The Gran Campo Nevado is a small ice field located in the southern portion of the Muñoz Gamero Peninsula, in Chile. It covers an area of approximately 200 km 2 (77 sq mi) and feeds 19 outlet glaciers, the largest of which is 15 km (9.3 mi) long.
The Pío XI glacier is the largest glacier in the southern hemisphere outside of Antarctica, covering an area of 1,265 km 2 (488 sq mi), and has advanced over the past 50 years by more than 10 km (6 mi); one of its tongues measures approximately 6 km (4 mi). The ice face of the glacier is approximately 75 m (246 ft) in height (about 30 floors ...
Glaciers of Chile by region (2 C) Pages in category "Glaciers of Chile" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent ...
Tyndall Glacier or Geike Glacier is one of the largest glaciers in the Southern Patagonian Ice Field. It is located in the Torres del Paine National Park , Chile . The glacier has its main calving front in Geikie Lake and like its neighbor, Grey Glacier , it has been significantly retreating for the last years.
To the south Andean valley glacier lobes coalesced and spread out occupying what is today the sea of Chiloé and other marine basins. At times the ice reached all the way across to the foot of the Chilean Coast Range in Chiloé. This meant that the region south of 41.5° S was subject to a proper ice sheet glaciation during large glacier advances.
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