Perito Moreno Glacier
Fitz Roy peak
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The Glaciers National Park is situated in the
southwest of Santa Cruz province, Argentina.
Its most important attractions are the Perito
Moreno Glacier and the Fitz Roy
Peak.
The richness of this wild and difficult terrain makes
it one of the most unusual national parks in the world. It forms of the
Patagonian Continental Ice Field from which 13 glaciers descend on the
Atlantic side to flow into the Viedma and Argentino lakes.
It combines the arid Plateau of southern Patagonia and
its particular fauna (Ñandus, Guanacos, hares, Armadillos, etc)
with the abundant Andean ñires and Lengas forests. There you
will see Andean Condors, Gray-Eagle-Buzzards, Magaellanic Woodpeckers and
Chilean Flamingos, Foxes and Huemuls.
The park has been declared a part of the Natural Heritage
of Humanity by the Unesco.
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