Type Tidewater glacier Status Retreating | Length 21 km (13 mi) Area 158 km² | |
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Similar Rábida Island, Bartolomé Island, Baltra Island, San Rafael Lake, Beagle Channel | ||
Amalia Glacier, also known as Skua Glacier, is a tidewater glacier located in Bernardo O'Higgins National Park on the edge of the Sarmiento Channel. The glacier originates in the Southern Patagonian Ice Field. From 1945 to 1986, its terminus retreated 7 km (4.3 mi), being, along with the recession of the O'Higgins Glacier, the most dramatic retreat of the glaciers of the mentioned icefield during that period.
Map of Amalia Glacier, Natales, Magallanes y la Ant%C3%A1rtica Chilena Region, Chile
The glacier partially surrounds Reclus volcano and erodes the northern flank of it.
References
Amalia Glacier Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA