Los Glaciares National Park
Argentina ·
Description
Los Glaciares is where eternal ice meets life. The Southern Patagonian Ice Field feeds glaciers that descend into forests and turquoise lakes. The Perito Moreno offers a unique spectacle: building-sized ice blocks break off with thunder and crash into Lake Argentino. It is witnessing nature primordial force in action.
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Why It's a World Heritage Site
The park contains the largest continental ice field outside Antarctica and Greenland. Its 47 glaciers, including Perito Moreno and Upsala, are living testimonies of ice ages. The landscape combines Andean peaks, sub-Antarctic forests, glacial lakes, and steppes, creating ecosystems of extraordinary beauty and scientific value.
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Frequently Asked Questions
It contains the largest continental ice field outside Antarctica, with 47 active glaciers and landscapes of exceptional natural beauty.
It was one of the first sites inscribed, in 1981, under criteria (vii) and (viii).
In southwestern Santa Cruz province, Argentina, on the border with Chile, within the Patagonian Andes.
It is one of the few glaciers in the world in equilibrium, neither advancing nor retreating, and produces spectacular ice calvings.
The Southern Patagonian Ice Field is 350 km long and is the third largest freshwater reserve in the world.