Paleo Slide Set: Low Latitude Ice Cores: High Resolution Records of Climatic Change and Variability 
in the Tropics and Subtropics
Map of Quelccaya Ice Cap

Quelccaya and Huascaran are located in the midst of the Andes Mountains, a long cordillera of high 
peaks thrust upward by the subduction of the Nazca Plate beneath the South American Plate. In southeastern 
Peru at respective latitudes of 9 degrees 7 minutes and 13 degrees 56 minutes South, Huascaran and Quelccaya 
lay in the heart of the tropical zone.

Photo Credits:
Peter Sloss 
NOAA/NGDC