Nef Glacier

Nef Glacier
Type Mountain glacier
Location Chile
Coordinates 47°03′S 73°16′W / 47.050°S 73.267°W / -47.050; -73.267
Area 164 km2 (63 sq mi) [1]
Terminus Proglacial lake [1]

Nef Glacier is a glacier located in Laguna San Rafael National Park, in the Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo Region of Chile. It trends southeast from Cerro Largo to its terminus in the lake that shared its name.

It is the fifth largest glacier in the Northern Patagonian Ice Field, after San Quintín, San Rafael, Steffen and Colonia.[1]

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