The Andean Glacier and Water Atlas
Tropic of Cancer
20
Glaciers in the Andes
Pico Cristbol Coln
Caracas
5.775
10
VENEZUELA
Pico Bolvar
4.980
Georgetown
Ritacuba Blanco
5.410
GUYANA
Paramaribo
Nevado del Ruiz 5.311
SURINAME
Bogota
FRENCH GUIANA
COLOMBIA
Volcan Galeras
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
10
Lima
1.265 (Pio XI Brueggen, Chili)
Nevado Auzangate
6.372
BOLIVIA
Nevado Coropuna
Brasília
6.425
500
Nevado Illimani
6.402
BRAZIL
Nevado Sajama
100 10 1
6.542
Sucre
20
Aucanquilcha
DRY
6.176
PARAGUAY
Tropic of Capricorn
ANDES
Volcan Llullaillaco
6.739
Asunción
Nevado Ojos del Salado
6.880
30
Cerro Aconcagua
URUGUAY
6.959
6.550 Cerro Tupungato
Santiago
Montevideo
Buenos Aires
Volcan Domuyo
4.709
ARGENTINA
CHILE
40
Monte Tronador
3.554
WET
Cerro San Valentn
ANDES
4.058
Monte Fitz Roy
50
3.375
60
Source:World Glacier Monitoring Service database, accessed February 2018.
GEO-GRAPHICS /GRID-Arendal2018
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