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The terminus of the Perito Moreno Glacier is 5 km (3.1 mi) wide, with an average height of 74 m (240 ft) above the surface of the water of Argentino Lake, in Argentina. It has a total ice depth of 170 metres (558 ft).
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 ...
Los Glaciares National Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional Los Glaciares) is a federal protected area in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. The park covers an area of 726,927 ha (7,269.27 km 2; 2,806.68 sq mi), making it the largest national park in the country. Established on 11 May 1937, [1] it hosts a representative sample of Magellanic subpolar ...
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.
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 ...
A glacier cave located on the Perito Moreno Glacier in Argentina. ... Landscape produced by a receding glacier. When a glacier's size shrinks below a critical point ...
A mass of ice calves from the Perito Moreno glacier in Lago Argentino. Ice calving, also known as glacier calving or iceberg calving, is the breaking of ice chunks from the edge of a glacier. [1] It is a form of ice ablation or ice disruption. It is the sudden release and breaking away of a mass of ice from a glacier, iceberg, ice front, ice ...
17. Perito Moreno Glacier in Patagonia, Argentina. Los Glaciares National Park in Patagonia, Argentina, is a UNESCO World Heritage site known for its breathtaking natural beauty and dramatic ...