Comparative size of the glacier
Unique beauty
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The Perito Moreno Glacier is the most important
one of the thirteen in the National
Park in Santa Cruz province.
This is one of the most spectacular views one can experience.
A huge wall of ice extending up into the mists that hang over a long valley.
The front is 4 Km long, and it is more than 60 meters high. An endless
field of crystal blue glacial ice constantly clashes down into the Argentino
lake.
You can approach it two ways. A launch takes you out on
Argentino lake up to about 300 m from the front of the glacier. It looms
large over you, and icebergs float past. The front face is incredibly craggy,
broken and twisted, and also a deep blue color. The second approach is
from a bluff toward which the glacier is advancing.
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