Amalia Glacier

Infobox_Glacier
glacier_name = Amalia Glacier


caption = Amalia Glacier
type = Tidewater glacier
location = Chile
coordinates = coord|50|55|S|73|37|W|type:glacier
area = 158 km² [http://www.glaciologia.cl/spi.html http://www.glaciologia.cl/spi.html] ]
length = 21 km
thickness =
terminus =
status = Retreating

Amalia Glacier, also known as Skua Glacier, is a tidewater glacier located in Bernardo O'Higgins National Park. It originates in the Southern Patagonian Ice Field and from 1945 to 1986 its terminus retreated 7 km, being, along with the receded of O'Higgins Glacier, the most drastic retreat of the glaciers of the mentioned icefield during that period. cite web |title=P 1386-I Chile and Argentina - Wet Andes:History
url=http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/p1386i/chile-arg/wet/historic.html|author=USGS|accessdate=2008-10-09]

The glacier partially surrounds Reclus volcano and erodes the northern flank of it.

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