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Ice Calving VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
The periodic rupture and collapse of Glaciar Perito Moreno’s 197-ft Practical Information
(60-m) front wall provides a great spectacle. This extraordi nary Road Map A6. 50 miles (80 km)
phenomenon is caused when the W of El Calafate. n El Calafate:
glacier advances close to Península Ave del Libertador 1302, (02902)
Magellanes, damming the Brazo 491-005; El Chaltén: Güemes 174,
Rico (Rico Arm) of Lago Argentino. (02962) 493-370.
With no outflow, the lake’s water & 8 0 = ® 
rises until the pressure of its weight Fitz Roy Expediciones: El Chaltén,
forces the dam to burst and, in a Tel (02962) 449-3017. Serac Ski
cataclysmic explosion of ice and and Andinismo: El Chaltén,
water, causes the glacier’s front wall (02962) 493-371.
to come crashing down. Visitors in ∑ los glaciares.com
The spectacular ice calving on Glaciar 2008 were the last lucky witnesses ∑ parquesnacionales.gob.ar
Perito Moreno of this event.
Transport
Mount Fitz Roy 4 San Marco.
11,168 ft El
Chaltén @ from El Calafate, El Chaltén.
Laguna
Cerro Torre Sucia Key
10,280 ft Puerto
Laguna Bahía Main road
Cerro Grande Torre Túnel Exploring the Park
9,200 ft Río Túnel Minor road
Glaciar Viedma Lago Lago Viedma Trail Once inside the park, Puerto Punta Bandera in the
Toro
southern sector is the departure point for lake
Park boundary
excursions on Lago Argentino and to see Glaciar
Perito Moreno. In the park’s northern section, several
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Hostería trails of varying levels of difficulty begin at the
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Helsingfors Río Manso national park office at El Chaltén, and organi zed
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c excur sions go to remote sections of the park.
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a Río
Guannaco
Lago Argentino
Estancia El Calafate
La Union
Brazo Upsala
Lago Argentino
Glaciar Agassiz
Laguna Fed by the glacial meltwater of several rivers, Lago
Onelli Puerto Punta Argentino is the country’s biggest lake. Cruises take
Bandera
Glaciar Onelli visitors around its drifting ice bergs before
Península Magellanes
approaching the front walls of glaciers.
Glaciar Spegazzini Canal de los Témpanos
Muelle Perito Brazo Rico Lago
Roca
Moreno Cerro Cristal
Muelle Bajo 4,220 ft
de las Sombras Estancia
Glaciar Perito Nibepo Aike
Moreno
. Glaciar Perito Moreno
The park’s single greatest attraction, Glaciar Perito Moreno
is visited every year by thousands hoping to witness the
astonishing spectacle of the collapse of the glacier’s front wall.
For keys to map symbols see back flap
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