By EKKEHARD JORDAN and STEFAN L. HASTENRATH
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-3
Ecuador has more than 100 small ice caps, outlet glaciers, small ice fields, and mountain glaciers that have a total area of 97.21 square kilometers. The glaciers are located on the high summits of 4 mountains of the Cordillera Occidental (21.92 square kilometers) and 13 mountains of the Cordillera Oriental (75.29 square kilometers). Since the 1800's, the glacier area has undergone a significant and continuing reduction
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