Combined, the Northern and Southern
Patagonia Icefield are the largest areas of ice in the Southern Hemisphere outside of Antarctica.
Chen, J.L., Wilson, C.R., Tapley, B.D., Blankenship, D.D. & Ivins, E.R.
Patagonia Icefield melting observed by Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE).
Not exact matches
Granite peaks rise in spires to the sky massive glaciers flow down from the perpetual
icefields that blanket
Patagonia's vast massifs.
That nets to a tiny 0.005 mm per year contribution to sea level per year; but
Patagonia's
icefields are only a small component of global ice stocks.