Iceberg floating on the lake Argentino (Patagonia) 20240208
The Los Glaciares National Park is an area of exceptional natural beauty, with rugged, towering mountains and numerous glacial lakes, including Lake Argentino, which is 160 km long. At its farthest end, three glaciers meet to dump their effluvia into the milky grey glacial water, launching massive igloo icebergs into the lake with thunderous splashes.
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Bahía Ensenada Zaratiegui - Parque Nacionale Tierra del Fuego 20240215
Ensenada Zaratiegui Bay, also known simply as Ensenada Bay, is a bay on the northern edge of the Beagle Channel in the extreme southwest of the Argentine sector ofIsla Grande de Tierra del Fuego, belonging to the Ushuaia Department of the Province of Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica and South Atlantic Islands.
It is surrounded by magellanic forests belonging to Tierra del Fuego National Park, although it is technically outside of it.
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Caracara (Milvago chimango) - - Parque Nacionale Tierra del Fuego 20240215
The chimango caracara (Milvago chimango) is a species of bird of prey in the family Falconidae, the falcons and caracaras.[4] It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay, and as a vagrant on the Falkland Islands.
Noisy, conspicuous, and often a common scavenger in habitats ranging from towns and cities to open forest, farmland, and beaches; ecological counterpart to crows. Often in groups, locally of tens or even hundreds, feeding on the ground or tumbling and sailing with agile flight; often chases and mobs larger raptors. Plumage brownish overall, often with gingery tones, and with variable paler dappling above and fine barring below. Bold creamy white wing panels and tail base striking in flight.
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Cuernos del Paine, Torres del Paine National Park (Patagonia) 20240210
The Cordillera Paine is a cluster of mountain ranges on the edge of the South Patagonia Ice Cap. A small extension of the Andes way down in the far south of Chile. Bounded to the west by Grey glacier, Lago (lake) Nordenskjol to the south and Lagos Dickenson and Paine to the north, the cordillera lies almost completely with the Torres del Paine National Park, 1,800 square kilometres of breathtaking wilderness. The centrepeice of the park are three immense granite towers that dominate the landscape, Los Cuernos del Paine. The name literally translates as the blue horns: cuernos the Spanish for horns and Paine meaning blue in the language of the indigenous Tehuelche peoples.
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El Chaltén (Patagonia) 20240204
El Chaltén is a small mountain village in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. It is located on the riverside of Rio de las Vueltas, within the Los Glaciares National Park near the base of Cerro Torre and Cerro Fitz Roy spires, both popular for climbing. It is 220 km north of El Calafate. It is also a popular base for hiking numerous trails, such as those to the base of surrounding peaks and glacial lakes, such as Laguna Torre and Laguna de los Tres.
For those reasons, El Chaltén was named Argentina's Trekking Capital or Capital Nacional del Trekking. Today the sole reason for its existence is tourism. In 1985, Argentina and Chile had a border dispute to gain and claim rights over El Chaltén. There was no war in the end, and El Chaltén was awarded to Argentina.
The town is located at the edge of the 12,363 km2 Southern Patagonian Ice Field and about 350 inhabitants live there throughout all the seasons of the year. Snow and ice mostly fence the town, and the homes are low structured with roads mostly made of rocks and dirt.
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