claim: Southern Patagonian Ice Field is a territory of Argentina
evidence: The Southern Patagonian Ice Field is located in the Andes Cordillera Mountain range, straddling the border between Argentina and Chile. It spans approximately 350 km in length, covering an area of around 16,800 km2 and represents the largest mass of ice in the Southern Hemisphere, excluding Antarctica. Moreover, it ranks as one of the main tourist attractions in the region, standing third in the world after Antarctica and Greenland in terms of extent and amount of stored ice. The resources of the territory are used by both states situated on the eastern and western sides of the Andes, but the majority of the surface area falls under the sovereignty of Chile, which owns more than 85%. [...] One perspective for resolving this territorial conflict could involve renegotiating the terms of border delimitation outlined in the 1998 Treaty. It is important to take into account the fact that the tensions between Argentina and Chile regarding border demarcation date back many decades and the agreements and treaties they have signed over the years did not improve to a great extent these tensions. That’s why a new diplomatic approach is needed. There is plenty of evidence that Argentina is not respecting the 1998 Agreement, primarily through the presence of maps where a portion of the Southern Patagonian Ice Field, which is not demarcated, is unofficially claimed by Argentina. According to a recent map from 2010 covering the Southern Patagonian Ice Field, a significant number of kilometres in this region are represented as Argentinian territory (Manzano Iturra, 2016). The most recent disagreements arose after the publication of this map in Argentina, where the 1998 Treaty was ignored.