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- The Quelccaya Ice Cap (also known as Quenamari Ice Cap) is the second largest glaciated area in the tropics, after Coropuna. Located in the Cordillera...
- The Quelccaya Ice Cap in Peru is the second-largest glaciated area in the tropics...
- sea levels were 3 to 5 metres higher than today. Plants buried in the Quelccaya Ice Cap in the Peruvian Andes demonstrate the climate had shifted suddenly...
- been collected from ongoing research at Nevado del Ruiz in Colombia, Quelccaya Ice Cap and Qori Kalis Glacier in Peru, Zongo, Chacaltaya and Charquini...
- lost, the remaining area estimated at around 1,300 km2 (500 sq mi). The Quelccaya Ice Cap is the second largest tropical icecap in the world after the Coropuna...
- 22 October A study by the University at Albany forecasts that Peru's Quelccaya ice cap will reach a state of irreversible retreat by the mid-2050s, if...
- Snow Mountain of Quindio Antisana El Altar Cayambe Chimborazo Cotopaxi Quelccaya Ice Cap Pastoruri Glacier Artesonraju Glacier Llaca Glacier Arhuey Glacier...
- a scholarship to do a master's degree with a thesis on the melting of Quelccaya glacier in Cusco, Peru, using NASA satellite images. She has seven academic...
- few tropical glaciers left in the world, and is the main outlet of the Quelccaya Ice Cap. This glacier has lost nearly half of its length since measurements...
- layers about 8–12 cm (3.1–4.7 in) thick were noted in the ice caps of Quelccaya in Peru and Sajama in Bolivia, although the deposits in Sajama may instead...