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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:cite-ref-1[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.

• List of ice fields

• List of glaciers

• North

• Center

• South

• External links

This is a list of the ice fields of Chile.

| Name | Area (km²) | Regions of Chile | Coordinates |

|---|---|---|---|

| Northern Patagonian Ice Field | 4,200 | Aisén | 47°00′S 73°30′W  /  47.000°S 73.500°W  / -47.000; -73.500 |

| Southern Patagonian Ice Field | 14,200 (of 16,800) | Aisén and Magallanes | |

| Cordillera Darwin | 2,300 | Magallanes | |

| Gran Campo Nevado | 200 | Magallanes | 52°50′S 73°10′W  /  52.833°S 73.167°W  / -52.833; -73.167 |

| Grandes Ventisqueros | | Magallanes | |

• Tapado Glacier

• Tronquitos Glacier

• Universidad Glacier

• Cipreses Glacier

• San Francisco Glacier

• Esmeralda Glacier

• Juncal Norte Glacier

• Garibaldi Glacier

• Schiaparelli Glacier

• Balmaceda Glacier

• Tyndall Glacier or Geike Glacier

• Grey Glacier

• Amalia Glacier

• Dickson Glacier

• Ameghino Glacier

• Speghazzini Glacier

• Upsala Glacier

• Viedma Glacier

• Southern Patagonian Ice Field

• Brüggen Glacier or Pío XI Glacier

• Chico Glacier

• O'Higgins Glacier

• Tempano Glacier

• Ofhidro Glacier

• Jorge Montt Glacier

• Steffen Glacier

• Colonia Glacier

• Nef Glacier

• Northern Patagonian Ice Field

• Soler Glacier

• San Quintín Glacier

• San Rafael Glacier

• Gualas Glacier

• Hudson Volcano

• Michinmahuida Volcano

• Blanco Chico Glacier

• Casa Pangue Glacier

• Villarrica Glacier

• Bernardo Glacier

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

• Alemania Glacier

• Darwin Glacier

• Exploradores Glacier

• Francia Glacier

• Grandes Ventisqueros

• Gran Campo Nevado

• Holanda Glacier

• Italia Glacier

• La Paloma Glacier

• Leones Glacier

• Los Perros Glacier

• Marinelli Glacier

• Mocho-Choshuenco

• Patagonian Ice Sheet†

• Pingo Glacier

• Queulat Glacier

• Romanche Glacier

• Serrano Glacier

• Stoppani Glacier

• Yelcho Glacier

• (in Spanish) Chilean glacier inventory at Glaciologia.cl of Andrés Rivera

cite-note-11. ↑ Climate change and tropical Andean glaciers: Past, present and future Archived 2012-01-06 at the Wayback Machine