Quelccaya Ice Cap
The Quelccaya Ice Cap is the second largest glaciated area in the tropics, after Coropuna. Located in the Cordillera Oriental section of the Andes mountains in Peru, the cap covers an area of 42.8 square kilometres with ice up to 200 metres thick.
- Type: Glacier
- Description: glacier in Peru
- Also known as: “Campo de Hielo Quelccaya”, “Capa de Hielo Quelccaya”, “Quelccaya”, “Quelccaya Glacier”, and “Quelccaya Ice field”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Joyllor Puñuna and Jatun Quenamari.
Quelccaya Ice Cap
- Categories: ice field, ice cap, and landform
- Location: Carabaya Province, Puno, Peru, South America
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Latitude
-13.9251° or 13° 55′ 31″ south
Longitude
-70.8135° or 70° 48′ 49″ west
Open location code
57RF35FP+WH
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=glacier
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Spanish—“Quelccaya Ice Cap” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “glacera Quelccaya”
- Catalan: “Glacera Quelccaya”
- Chinese: “奎爾卡亞冰蓋”
- French: “calotte glaciaire de Quelccaya”
- French: “Calotte glaciaire de Quelccaya”
- German: “Quelccaya-Eiskappe”
- Hungarian: “Quelccaya-gleccser”
- Japanese: “クエルカヤ氷冠”
- Persian: “یخچال کوئلکایا”
- Portuguese: “Calota de gelo de Quelccaya”
- Quechua: “Qillqaya Rit’ipampa”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Ledena kapa Quelccaya”
- Spanish: “Glaciar Quelccaya”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Paco Cucho and Machaccoma.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Cunorana and Pata Anjasi.
Peru: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Lima and Machu Picchu.
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