Quelccaya Ice Cap

Ice capPeru

CountryPeru

Area42 km2

TypeIce cap

About Quelccaya Ice Cap

The largest tropical ice cap in the world. Ice cores here revealed 1,800 years of climate history. Retreating 60 m per year. Expected to disappear within 50 years. The only continuous tropical ice core record.

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