Pastoruri Glacier

Pastoruri Glacier
View of Pastoruri Glacier in 2010
TypeValley glacier
LocationPeru
Coordinates09°55′12″S 77°10′56″W / 9.92000°S 77.18222°W / -9.92000; -77.18222
Area8 km2 (3.1 sq mi)
Length4 km (2.5 mi)
TerminusLake
StatusRetreating

The Pastoruri glacier is a cirque glacier, located in the southern part of the Cordillera Blanca, part of the Andes mountain range, in Northern Peru in the Ancash region. It is one of the few glaciers left in the tropical areas of South America.[1]

  1. ^ Earth. Doring Kindersly. 2003. pp. 272. ISBN 1-4053-0018-3.