Argentine glacier Perito Moreno Bashny.Net

Perito Moreno Glacier, located 78 km from the town of El Calafate, was named after the explorer Francisco Moreno, who has studied the region in the nineteenth century. Glacier has played an important role in protecting the border area of ​​Argentina, on the claims of a neighboring country - Chile. Today, it attracts crowds of tourists and by viewing a selection of photos of Saint-Martin Haman, Christoph Berger and Jacob Polomski, you will easily understand why.




Perito Moreno Glacier, whose length is 30 km, and the area - 250 km2, is one of the major tourist attractions in the Argentine portion of Patagonia. It is located in the National Park Los Glaciares National Park in the southwest of the province of Santa Cruz.





Perito Moreno - one of 48 glaciers, which are part of the South Patagonian ice field in the mountain range of the Andes in Argentina and Chile. This icefield is the third largest reserve of fresh water in the world.





Perito Moreno - one of only three Patagonian glaciers that are growing. The reason for glaciologists are still not established. The tip of the glacier has a width of 5 kilometers and an average height of 74 m above the level of Lake Argentino. The total thickness of the ice is 170 meters.





Because of its size and availability of the Perito Moreno is one of the major tourist sites in southern Patagonia. Before him, in less than two hours drive by bus from El Calafate, and many travel agencies organize day trips here. The large reception center visitors views of the southern and eastern edge of the glacier.



In recent years, gaining popularity walking tours on the ice. Two standard tours are "mini-campaign" lasting one and a half hours, and the "big ice" walk, which lasts about five hours.





National Park Los Glaciares National Park has an area of ​​4459 km2. In 1981 he was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. Its name refers to the giant ice field in the Andes, which feeds 47 large glaciers. Of these, only 13 are directed towards the Atlantic Ocean. This area of ​​ice - the largest outside of Antarctica and Greenland.



Periodically the glacier Perito Moreno comes on Lake Argentino, having the shape of the letter "G". When he reached the opposite shore, there is a natural dam that separates the lake into two parts. The water pressure leads to the destruction of the ice barrier, and the roar of falling can be heard for several kilometers around.



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