Amalia Glacier

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Amalia Glacier, also called Skua Glacier, is a tidewater glacier in Bernardo O'Higgins National Park, Chile, at the edge of the Sarmiento Channel. It originates in the Southern Patagonian Ice Field. The glacier covers about 158 square kilometers, is about 21 kilometers long, and is retreating. Between 1945 and 1986 its terminus moved back about 7 kilometers, one of the most dramatic retreats in its ice field during that period, alongside O'Higgins Glacier. The glacier also surrounds Reclus volcano and wears away its northern flank.