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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.
Aerial view of the glacier, taken two weeks before the 2004 rupture Map of the glacier with the internation border made in 1998.. 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 ...
Onelli Bay (Spanish: Bahía Onelli) is a bay of Argentino Lake, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina, within Los Glaciares National Park.It is made up of a Patagonian forest and a tributary of Lake Onelli flows into it, into which the Onelli, Agassiz, Bolados and Heim Glaciers also flow.
Chiloé Province, Los Lagos Region, Chile: Cultural: (ii), (iii) — 2000 The churches are the most prominent example of Chilota wooden architecture fusing European and indigenous traditions. They are a result of 17th and 18th century Jesuit missions.
El Chaltén is a small mountain village in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina.It is located on the riverside of Rio de las Vueltas, within the Los Glaciares National Park (section Reserva Nacional Zona Viedma) near the base of Cerro Torre and Cerro Fitz Roy spires, both popular for climbing.
For Argentina, the mountain has been part of Los Glaciares National Park since 1937, in the Lago Argentino Department of Santa Cruz Province, which was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981. For Chile, its western side has been part of Bernardo O'Higgins National Park since 1969, in the Natales commune of Última Esperanza Province in ...
The modern history of El Calafate began in the initial decades of the 20th century, when the area was simply a sheltering place for wool traders. The town was officially founded in 1927 by the government of Argentina in a bid to promote settlement, [1] but it was the creation of nearby Perito Moreno National Park (1937) that sparked growth and the building of better road access.
The Laguna Torre lake is located in the Los Glaciares National Park, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina.It is formed from glacial melt water [1] and is a popular site for hikers and climbers to see surroundings peaks, including the east face of Cerro Torre.