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January 12, 2018
Glaciar Olvidado, Chile Retreat Lake Expansion 1985-2017
Glaciar Olvidado (O) retreat illustrated in 1985 and 2017 Landsat images. Red arrow is 1985 terminus location, yellow arrow is 2017 terminus location and purple dots are the snowline. This illustrates an 1800 m retreat. Glaciar Olvidado (G) is a glacier in the southeast portion of the Southern Patagonia Icefield (SPI), adjacent to Grey Glacier (G). The glacier terminates in a proglacial lake. Rivera and Casassa (2004) report the glacier terminating …