Colonia Glacier
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Colonia Glacier is a valley glacier located in the Northern Patagonian Ice Field
, Chile
. The glacier spills out to the southeast from an ice plateau north of Cerro Arenales
and has its terminus
about 4 km (2.5 mi) from Colonia Lake. Colonia Glacier dams three lakes; Cachet I, Cachet II and Arco Lake.
Northern Patagonian Ice Field
The Northern Patagonian Ice Field, located in southern Chile, is the smaller of two remnant parts in which the Patagonian Ice Sheet in the Andes Mountains of lower South America can be divided. It is completely contained within the boundaries of Laguna San Rafael National Park...
, Chile
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
. The glacier spills out to the southeast from an ice plateau north of Cerro Arenales
Cerro Arenales
Cerro Arenales is a heavily ice-covered stratovolcano located in the Aisén Region of Chile, within Laguna San Rafael National Park. It towers over the southern part of the Northern Patagonian Ice Field....
and has its terminus
Glacier terminus
A glacier terminus, or snout, is the end of a glacier at any given point in time. Although glaciers seem motionless to the observer, in reality glaciers are in endless motion and the glacier terminus is always either advancing or retreating...
about 4 km (2.5 mi) from Colonia Lake. Colonia Glacier dams three lakes; Cachet I, Cachet II and Arco Lake.