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  2. Perito Moreno Glacier - Wikipedia

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    Aerial view of the glacier, taken two weeks before the 2004 rupture. The Perito Moreno (Spanish: Glaciar Perito Moreno), Francisco Gormaz or Bismarck Glacier [1] is a glacier located in Los Glaciares National Park in southwest Santa Cruz Province, Argentina, and originated in the Magallanes Region in Chile, being also part of the Bernardo O'Higgins National Park.

  3. El Calafate - Wikipedia

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    El Calafate is the nearest city to the Perito Moreno Glacier, located 80 km away at Los Glaciares National Park. It's the most important tourist attraction thanks to its location and variety of activities available, such as sightseeing, walking (there are also wheelchair ramps), walking on top of the glacier, sailing, and kayaking.

  4. Los Glaciares National Park - Wikipedia

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    The southern part has, as well as a number of smaller ones, the major glaciers which flow into Lake Argentino: Perito Moreno Glacier, Upsala Glacier, and Spegazzini Glacier. Typical excursion boats travel between icebergs to visit Onelli Bay, and the otherwise inaccessible Spegazzini and Upsala. Perito Moreno is reachable by land. [5]

  5. Chunks of Argentina's Perito Moreno Glacier break off - AOL

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    Massive chunks of Argentina's Perito Moreno Glacier, which is known as the "White Giant," collapsed into the water on Thursday as tourists and locals watched from an observation deck.

  6. 50 of the World's Most Breathtaking Views - AOL

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    Perito Moreno Glacier. Argentina This 19-mile-long blue-white sheet of ice rises more than 200 feet from the water in southern Argentina's Los Glaciares National Park. Several viewing platforms ...

  7. Southern Patagonian Ice Field - Wikipedia

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    The ice mass feeds dozens of glaciers in the area, among which are the Upsala (765 km 2), Viedma (978 km 2) and Perito Moreno (258 km 2) in the Los Glaciares National Park in Argentina, and the Pío XI Glacier or Bruggen Glacier (1,265 km 2, the largest in area and longest in the southern hemisphere outside of Antarctica), O'Higgins (820 km 2 ...

  8. Retreat of glaciers since 1850 - Wikipedia

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    The Perito Moreno Glacier is 30 km (19 mi) long and is a major outflow glacier of the Patagonian ice sheet, as well as the most visited glacier in Patagonia. Perito Moreno Glacier is in equilibrium, but has undergone frequent oscillations in the period 1947–96, with a net gain of 4.1 km (2.5 mi). This glacier has advanced since 1947, and has ...

  9. Study: 15 million people live under threat of glacial floods

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    FILE - Chunks of ice break off the Perito Moreno Glacier, in Lake Argentina, at Los Glaciares National Park, near El Calafate, in Argentina's Patagonia region, March 10, 2016.

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