By EKKEHARD JORDAN
SATELLITE IMAGE ATLAS OF GLACIERS OF THE WORLD
Edited by RICHARD S. WILLIAMS, Jr., and JANE G. FERRIGNO
U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1386-I-5
Bolivia has a total glacier-covered area of more than 560 square kilometers. A few crater glaciers, small summit ice caps, and outlet glaciers (about 10 square kilometers) are located on the extinct volcanoes of the Cordillera Occidental of northern Bolivia. Most of the ice (more than 550 square kilometers) is found as ice caps, valley glaciers, and mountain glaciers on the highest peaks of the Cordilleras Apolobamba, Real, and Tres Cruces and Nevado Santa Vera Cruz of the Cordillera Oriental
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