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Perito Moreno Glacier

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A glacier located in the Los Glaciares National Park of Argentina. The area is known as the Austral Andes, in the south west of Santa Cruz Province very close to the border with Chile.

Patagonia, Argentina - Perito-Moreno Glacier

This glacier is particularly famous because of its impressive dimensions and its continuous downward movement, which produces accumulation and rupture of huge pieces of ice. It has a front of 5 km with a height above the lake level of 60 to 70 meters. It is about 30 km long and covers a surface area of 250 square kilometers (40 km2 more than the surface of the Argentina's capital city, Buenos Aires!!). It was named after the explorer Francisco Moreno, a pioneer that studied the region in the 19th century.

Geographic coordinates: 50º29' S y 73º03' W

Patagonia, Argentina - Perito-Moreno Glacier
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