Southern Patagonian Ice Field
| Southern Patagonian Ice Field | |
|---|---|
May 2017 NASA satellite photograph of the Southern Patagonian Ice Field | |
Location within Southern Patagonia | |
| Type | Ice field |
| Location | Southern Patagonia, Argentina and Chile |
| Coordinates | 49°55′S 73°32′W / 49.917°S 73.533°W |
| Area | 16,800 km2 (6,500 mi2) |
| Status | Retreating |
The Southern Patagonian Ice Field (Spanish: Campo de Hielo Patagónico Sur), located at the Southern Patagonic Andes between Chile and Argentina, is the world's second largest contiguous extrapolar ice field. It is the bigger of two remnant parts of the Patagonian Ice Sheet, which covered all of southern Chile during the last glacial period, locally called the Llanquihue glaciation.