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Polish Glacier

6,542 m21,463 ft

Area: 0.82 km²
Lowest point: 5,693 m
Tonight: -34°CClear · Wind 12 km/h NW

Polish Glacier in Argentina covers 0.82 km² and spans 5,693–6,542 m above sea level.

All facts

Highest point: 6,542 m

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Glacier

Polish Glacier: size and slope

Drawn to scale from the OpenStreetMap outline and the Copernicus 30 m terrain model.

Vertical range: 849 m
Mean slope: 41°
Faces: southmostly shaded

3D map

Polish Glacier 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Polish Glacier terrain and contours

100 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 500 mShowing west → east through the centre

Polish Glacier elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Polish Glacier weather

Tonight · Clear · -34°C (-29°F) · Wind 12 km/h NW

Polish Glacier forecast for about 6,542 m.

Tonight-34°–12 km/h NW
Sat-34°-26°1.2 mm14 km/h W
Sun-28°-18°5.1 mm12 km/h N
Mon-26°-20°11.6 mm13 km/h NW
Tue-29°-22°–5 km/h N
Wed-26°-18°–4 km/h N
Thu-27°-19°–7 km/h SW
Fri-26°-18°–6 km/h W
Sat-27°-19°0.3 mm8 km/h W
Sun-27°-20°0.3 mm9 km/h NW

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 24, 01:17 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Polish Glacier

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Polish Glacier, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

Nearest campsite
Berlín
2.0 km NNW · +2 more within 2.4 km
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Nearest hut
Refugio
4.5 km W
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All mapped places 4

Place	Distance
BerlínCampsite	2.0 km NNW
CóleraCampsite	2.0 km N
Nido de CondoresCampsite	2.4 km NNW
RefugioHut	4.5 km W

Slope

Share of the 3 × 3 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly steep: more than half the view is steeper than 30°, the angle of most avalanche terrain.

Gentle, 0–15°

1.0%

Moderate, 15–30°

10.5%

Steep, 30–45°

42.8%

Cliffs, 45° and over

45.7%

Steeper than 30°: 88.5% of the 9 km² view
Relief in view: 2,594 m low point 4,322 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Snow & ice 71.0%Bare rock / sparse 29.0%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 1.5 km; 20 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Rufous-collared Sparrow9
Greater Yellow-Finch9
Mountain Caracara7
Gray-hooded Sierra-Finch5
Crested Duck5
Gray-breasted Seedsnipe3

Where it sits

Where Polish Glacier sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

TupungatitoPeak · 5,650 m83 km SSE

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Print & wall

JPGPolish Glacier satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-03-18.

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Sources

Data sources

Terrain: Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-03-18)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Panorama: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast: Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: Wikidata · Wikipedia

Polish Glacier

West → east through the centre

Nearest campsite

Nearest hut