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April 28, 2017
Benito Glacier, Chile Retreats 2km 1987-2015
Benito Glacier comparison in 1987 and 2015 indicating the terminus position in 1987 red arrows, yellow arrows the 2015 terminus positions, purple arrows where glacier thinning is expanding bedrock areas, the snowline is indicated by purple dots. Glacier Benito is a temperate outlet glacier on the west side of the North Patagonian Icefield the glacier is south of Fraenkel Glacier and north of Acodado Glacier. Loriaux and Casassa (2013) examined the expansion of lakes …