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.
This is a list of the ice fields of Chile.
| Name | Area (km²) | Coordinates | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,200 | -47°N -103°W | |||
| 14,200 (of 16,800) | ||||
| 2,300 | ||||
| 200 | -52.8333°N -83°W | |||
(Following Glaciers aren't in the list of http://www.glaciologia.cl)