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November 21, 2016
RG150-17.01019 Glacier Retreat, Southern Patagonia Forms Lake
Retreat of RG150 indicated in Landsat images from 1984, 2001 and 2015. Red arrow indicates 1984 terminus and yellow arrow 2015 terminus. RG150 is a 3.5 km long glacier in Bernardo O’Higgins National Park on the western edge of the Southern Patagonia Icefield, Chile. RG150 is an unnamed glacier given this designation as part of the Randolph Glacier Inventory. The glacier terminates in a lake that drains into Seno …