Quelccaya Ice Cap

The Quelccaya Ice Cap, in the Cordillera Oriental of the Andes in Peru, is the second-largest glaciated area in the tropics after Coropuna, covering about 42.8 square kilometers with ice up to 200 meters thick. It is ringed by tall ice cliffs and several outlet glaciers, the largest called Qori Kalis Glacier, alongside lakes, moraines, peat bogs and wetlands that support a notable variety of plant and animal life, including birds that nest on the ice. The ice cap is an important water source, its meltwater eventually feeding the Inambari and Vilcanota Rivers. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/