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Bernardo O'Higgins National Park
Bernardo O'Higgins National Park () is the largest of the protected areas in Chile, covering an area of in both the Aysén and Magallanes and Antártica Chilena regions. Management of this and other national parks in Chile is entrusted to the ''Corporación Nacional Forestal'' (CONAF). The park is named after General Bernardo O'Higgins, the first head of state of the Republic of Chile. Los Glaciares National Park (Argentina) and Torres del Paine National Park are its neighbours to the east, Laguna San Rafael National Park is located to the north, the Alacalufes National Reserve to the southwest and the Katalalixar National Reserve to the northwest. History The earliest occupants of the area were the Alacaluf people. In 1830, the then-Captain Phillip Parker King on board HMS ''Beagle'' visited the Eyre Fjord. In June 2007, it was announced that between March and May 2007 all the water within a glacial lake located within the park had disappeared, leaving behind a 100-foot- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eyre Fjord
Eyre Fjord is a fjord in Chile. It extends for 20 miles north from its mouth to its terminus at Pío XI Glacier, and is located at . Earth Info, ''earth-info.nga.mil'' webpage The fjord has two side fjords on its eastern side called Falcon and Exmouth. The mountains surrounding the fjord reach . References See also *Brüggen Glacier
Brüggen Glacier, also known as Pío XI Glacier, is in southern Chile and is the largest western outflow from the Southern Patagonian Ice Field. Now about in length, it is the List of glaciers#List of longest glaciers on Earth in non-polar regio ...
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Brüggen Glacier
Brüggen Glacier, also known as Pío XI Glacier, is in southern Chile and is the largest western outflow from the Southern Patagonian Ice Field. Now about in length, it is the List of glaciers#List of longest glaciers on Earth in non-polar regions, longest glacier in the southern hemisphere outside Antarctica.In the northern hemisphere, Tajikistan's Fedchenko Glacier is 77 km long. In the Karakoram Mountains, Siachen Glacier is 76 km long, Biafo Glacier is 67 km long, Baltoro Glacier, Baltoro is 63 km long, and Batura Glacier, Baltura is 57 km long. Kyrgyzstan's South Inylchek Glacier, South Inylchek (Enylchek) Glacier is 60.5 km in length. None in the southern hemisphere outside of Antarctica and Bruggen Glacier approach this length. Measurements are from recent imagery, generally also with Russian 1:200,000 scale topographic mapping for reference as well as the 1990 ''Orographic Sketch Map: Karakoram: Sheets 1 and 2'', Swiss Foundation for Alpine Research, Zurich. Unlike most ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southern Patagonian Ice Field
The Southern Patagonian Ice Field ( es, Hielo Continental or '), located at the Southern Patagonic Andes between Chile and Argentina, is the world's second largest contiguous extrapolar ice field. It is the bigger of two remnant parts of the Patagonian Ice Sheet, which covered all of southern Chile during the last glacial period, locally called the Llanquihue glaciation. Geography The Southern Patagonia Ice Field extends from parallels 48° 15′ S to 51° 30′ S for approximately , and has an approximate area of , of which 14,200 km2 belong to Chile and 2,600 km2 belong to Argentina. The ice mass feeds dozens of glaciers in the area, among which are the Upsala (765 km2), Viedma (978 km2) and Perito Moreno (258 km2) in the Los Glaciares National Park in Argentina, and the Pío XI Glacier or Bruggen Glacier (1,265 km2, the largest in area and longest in the southern hemisphere outside of Antarctica), O'Higgins (820 km2), Grey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serrano Glacier
Serrano may refer to: People * Serrano people, a Native American tribe of Southern California * Serrano language, the language spoken by the Serrano people *Serrano (surname), people with the surname Serrano Places *Serrano, Lecce, an Italian town *Serrano Community in El Dorado Hills, California *Villa Serrano, Bolivia Ships * ''Serrano''-class destroyer, a class of Chilean warship; also the name of the lead destroyer in the class *''Serrano'', or ''Teniente Serrano'', a Chilean destroyer built in 1896 Other uses *Serrano ham, a type of dry-cured Spanish ham *Serrano (restaurant), a chain of Tex-Mex restaurants in Iceland and Sweden *Serrano pepper, a type of chili *Serrano Football Club, a Brazilian football club *Serrano Futebol Clube (PE), a Brazilian football club *Serrano Sport Club, a Brazilian football club * Serrano (Madrid Metro), a station on Line 4 *''Los Serrano'', a Spanish television drama comedy *''Serrano'', a series of novels by Elizabeth Moon set in the fiction ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balmaceda Glacier , a Spanish town
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Balmaceda may refer to: *The Balmaceda family, politically influential family of Chile, including: ** José Manuel Balmaceda, former president of Chile **José Rafael Balmaceda, politician and diplomat * ''Balmaceda'' (spider), a genus of jumping spiders * Balmaceda, Chile, a village in Chile * Balmaceda Airport in Chile * Balmaceda Park, urban park in Chile * Balmaseda Balmaseda (in Basque and officially, in Spanish: ''Valmaseda'') is a town and municipality located in the province of Biscay, in the Basque Country. Balmaseda is the capital city of the comarca of Enkarterri, in western Biscay and serves an impo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Balmaceda
Monte Balmaceda is a heavily glaciated mountain located in the Magallanes Region of Chile. It stands at the head of Última Esperanza Sound, in the south portion of Bernardo O'Higgins National Park and near the mouth of the Serrano River. The glaciers Balmaceda and Serrano mantle the slopes of the mount. In its vicinity is Torres del Paine National Park. See also * Puerto Natales * Cordillera Riesco * Cordillera Sarmiento * Fjord of the Mountains Fjord of the Mountains, also known as "Channel of the Mountains" (Spanish Canal de las Montañas), is located to the west of Puerto Natales, Chile and inside the boundaries of the Alacalufes National Reserve. It stretches 66 km from north to ... References Mountains of Chile Mountains of Magallanes Region {{MagellanAntarctic-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cerro Riso Patrón
Cerro is Spanish for "hill" or "mountain". Toponyms ;Bolivia: * Cerro Rico, the "Rich Mountain" containing silver ore near Potosi, Bolivia ;Brazil: *Cerro Branco, a municipality of Rio Grande do Sul *Cerro Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, a municipality of Rio Grande do Sul * Cerro Largo, a municipality of Rio Grande do Sul ;Chile * Cerro de Los Inocentes, in the Juan Fernández Islands ;Cuba: * Cerro, Havana, a district (''municipio'') ;Italy: *Cerro (Bottanuco), a subdivision of Bottanuco in the province of Bergamo *Cerro al Lambro, in the province of Milano *Cerro al Volturno, in the province of Isernia *Cerro Maggiore, in the province of Milano *Cerro Tanaro, in the province of Asti *Cerro Veronese, in the province of Verona ;Mexico: * Cerro Potosí ;United States: * Cerro, New Mexico ;Uruguay: * Cerro Largo Department * Villa del Cerro, in Montevideo * Fortaleza del Cerro, in Montevideo Football clubs * C.A. Cerro, a football club from Montevideo, Uruguay * Club Cerro Cor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cerro Torre
Cerro Torre is one of the mountains of the Southern Patagonian Ice Field in South America. It is located in Argentina and Chile, west of Fitz Roy (also known as Cerro Chaltén). The peak is the highest of a four mountain chain: the other peaks are Torre Egger (), Punta Herron, and Cerro Standhardt. The top of the mountain often has a mushroom of rime ice, formed by the constant strong winds, increasing the difficulty of reaching the actual summit. First ascent Cesare Maestri claimed in 1959 that he and Toni Egger had reached the summit and that Egger had been swept to his death by an avalanche while they were descending. Maestri declared that Egger had the camera with the pictures of the summit, but this camera was never found. Inconsistencies in Maestri's account, and the lack of bolts, pitons or fixed ropes on the route, have led most mountaineers to doubt Maestri's claim. In 2005, Ermanno Salvaterra, Rolando Garibotti and Alessandro Beltrami, after many attempts by world-cla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cerro Chaltén
Monte Fitz Roy (also known as Cerro Chaltén, Cerro Fitz Roy, or simply Mount Fitz Roy) is a mountain in Patagonia, on the border between Argentina and Chile.MONTE FITZ ROY ''Andes Hand Book, www.andeshandbook.org'', accessed 21 June 2021 /ref> ''www.interpatagonia.com'', accessed 21 June 2021 It is located in the |
Lautaro (volcano)
Lautaro Volcano is an active subglacial stratovolcano located in Chilean Patagonia, in the northern part of the Southern Patagonian Ice Field. Its summit rises roughly above the average surface of the ice cap plateau. It is the tallest mountain in Bernardo O'Higgins National Park and in its vicinity lies Pío XI Glacier. In 1952 the volcano was given its name in honor of Lautaro, who was a Mapuche military leader. The first ascent of Lautaro was made by Peter Skvarca and Luciano Pera, on January 29, 1964. They climbed the southeast ridge, encountering many crevasses, some steep ice walls, cornices, and a snow mushroom at the summit. They found an active crater and strong sulfurous emissions near the summit. The second ascent was made by Eric Jones, Mick Coffey, and Leo Dickinson on March 2, 1973, as part of a crossing of the Southern Patagonian Ice Field. See also * List of volcanoes in Chile * List of Ultras of South America References * Lautaro Volcanoes of Aysé ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
