Note 66 — Chapter VII
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The snow limit at the equator is 15,800 feet. No living creature, save the condor, passes this limit; naked rocks, fogs, and eternal snows mark the reign of uninterrupted solitude. The following is the approximate limit of perpetual snow in different latitudes:
0°5,800 feet.40° 8,300 feet.
27°18,800 "54° 3,700"
33°12,780 "70° 3,300"
The limit appears to descend more rapidly going south of the equator than in going north.