Ventisquero

In Spanish language a ventisquero is a zone in a mountain where heavy snow accumulations occur. Before the term glaciar (Spanish for glacier) became widespread many glaciers in Patagonia were titled with ventisquero, such as Ventisquero Negro or Grandes Ventisqueros.

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