The glaciers of Chile cover 2.7% (20,188 km2) of the land area of the country, excluding Antártica Chilena, and have a considerable impact on its landscape and water supply. By surface 80% of South America's glaciers lie in Chile. Glaciers develop in the Andes of Chile from 27˚S southwards and in a very few places north of 18°30'S in the extreme north of the country: in between they are absent because of extreme aridity, though rock glaciers formed from permafrost are common. The largest glaciers of Chile are the Northern and Southern Patagonian Ice Fields. From a latitude of 47° S and south some glaciers reach sea level.
Apart from height and latitude, the settings of Chilean glaciers depend on precipitation patterns; in this sense two different regions exist: the Dry Andes and the Wet Andes.
List of ice fields
This is a list of the ice fields of Chile. { | class="wikitable sortable" !valign="bottom" align="left"|Name !valign="bottom" align="right"|Area(km²) !valign="bottom" align="left"|Regions of Chile !valign="bottom" align="left"|Coordinates |- | Northern Patagonian Ice Field || align="right"|4,200 || Aisén || align="right"| |- | Southern Patagonian Ice Field || align="right"|14,200 (of 16,800) || Aisén and Magallanes || align="right"| |- | Cordillera Darwin || align="right"|2,300 || Magallanes || align="right"| |- | Gran Campo Nevado || align="right"|200 || Magallanes || align="right"| |- | Grandes Ventisqueros || align="right"| || Magallanes || align="right"|
List of glaciers
North
Tapado Glacier
Tronquitos Glacier
Center
Universidad Glacier
Cipreses Glacier
San Francisco Glacier
Esmeralda Glacier
Juncal Norte Glacier
South
Garibaldi Glacier
Schiaparelli Glacier
Balmaceda Glacier
Tyndall Glacier or Geike Glacier
Grey Glacier
Amalia Glacier
Dickson Glacier
Ameghino Glacier
Speghazzini Glacier
Upsala Glacier
Viedma Glacier
Southern Patagonian Ice Field
Brüggen Glacier or Pío XI Glacier
Chico Glacier
O'Higgins Glacier
Tempano Glacier
Ofhidro Glacier
Jorge Montt Glacier
Steffen Glacier
Colonia Glacier
Nef Glacier
Northern Patagonian Ice Field
Soler Glacier
San Quintín Glacier
San Rafael Glacier
Gualas Glacier
Hudson Volcano
Michinmahuida Volcano
Blanco Chico Glacier
Casa Pangue Glacier
Villarrica Glacier
Bernardo Glacier
(Following Glaciers aren't in the list of http://www.glaciologia.cl)