SOUTHERN PATAGONIAN ICE FIELD

The Southern Patagonian Ice Field, Located at the Southern Patagonic Andes in Argentina is the second largest contiguous extrapolar extent of ice in the world. It is the bigger of two remnant parts of the Patagonian Ice Sheet, which covered all of Southern Argentina during the last glacial period locally called the Llanquihue Glaciation. The Southern Patagonian Ice Field extends from parallel 48-20-S to 51-30 S for 350 Kilometres and has an area of 17.000 Km2. the ice mass feeds dozens of glaciers in the area among which are Upsala 902 Km2, Viedma 798 Km2, Perito Moreno 260 Km2 in the los Glaciares National Park in Argentina. The Glaciers going to the west flow into the fjords of the Patagonian channels of the Pacific Ocean, those going to the East flow into the Patagonian Lakes Viedma und Argentino ttrought the rivers to the Atlantic Ocean.