Gran Campo Nevado
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The Gran Campo Nevado is a small ice field
located in the southern portion of the Muñoz Gamero Peninsula
, in Chile
. It is about 200 km² (77.2 sq mi) in area and feeds 19 outlet glaciers, of which the largest one is 15 km (9.3 mi) long.
Ice field
An ice field is an area less than 50,000 km² of ice often found in the colder climates and higher altitudes of the world where there is sufficient precipitation. It is an extensive area of interconnected valley glaciers from which the higher peaks rise as nunataks...
located in the southern portion of the Muñoz Gamero Peninsula
Muñoz Gamero Peninsula
Muñoz Gamero Peninsula is a peninsula in Chile. It is bordered on the west by the Smyth Channel and is connected to the Patagonia mainland by a narrow isthmus, which separates Skyring Sound from Seno Obstrucción. The peninsula consists of several smaller peninsulas jutting from its central land...
, in 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...
. It is about 200 km² (77.2 sq mi) in area and feeds 19 outlet glaciers, of which the largest one is 15 km (9.3 mi) long.