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Southern Patagonian Ice Field
An ice field in southern Chile and Argentina / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 period, locally called the Llanquihue glaciation.
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Type | Ice field |
Location | Southern Patagonia, Argentina and Chile |
Coordinates | 49°55′S 73°32′W |
Area | 16,800 km2 (6,500 sq mi) |
Status | Retreating |
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