29 and counting

TropicofCancer

20ºS

Glaciers in the Andes

PicoCristbolColn

Caracas

5.775

10ºN

VENEZUELA

PicoBolvar

4.980

Georgetown

RitacubaBlanco

5.410

GUYANA

Paramaribo

NevadodelRuiz 5.311

SURINAME

Bogota

FRENCH GUIANA

COLOMBIA

VolcanGaleras

Glacier monitored by the World Glacier Monitoring Service Glacier

4.276

Equator line

Quito

ECUADOR

Chimborazo

6.267

Glacier length Kilometres

PERU

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

Huascarán

Glacier area Square kilometres

6.768

10ºS

Lima

1.265 (Pio XI Brueggen, Chili)

NevadoAuzangate

6.372

BOLIVIA

NevadoCoropuna

Brasília

6.425

500

Nevado Illimani

6.402

BRAZIL

NevadoSajama

100 10 1

6.542

Sucre

20ºS

Aucanquilcha

DRY

6.176

PARAGUAY

TropicofCapricorn

ANDES

VolcanLlullaillaco

6.739

Asunción

NevadoOjosdelSalado

6.880

30ºS

CerroAconcagua

URUGUAY

6.959

6.550 CerroTupungato

Santiago

Montevideo

Buenos Aires

VolcanDomuyo

4.709

ARGENTINA

CHILE

40ºS

MonteTronador

3.554

WET

CerroSanValentn

ANDES

4.058

MonteFitzRoy

50ºS

3.375

60ºS

Source:WorldGlacierMonitoringServicedatabase,accessedFebruary2018.

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