Marinelli Creek is a

watercourse A stream is a continuous body of surface water flowing within the bed and banks of a channel. Depending on its location or certain characteristics, a stream may be referred to by a variety of local or regional names. Long large streams a ...

whose

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emerge from the melting of

Marinelli Glacier Marinelli Glacier is a tidewater glacier located in Alberto de Agostini National Park, Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego. The glacier spills out from the backbone of the Cordillera Darwin and calves into Ainsworth Bay, an embayment of the Almiranta ...

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. Marinelli Creek discharges to Ainsworth Bay, a notable inlet along the Almirantazgo Fjord. The Marinelli Glacier has been in a state of retreat since at least 1943, and the retreat continues to the present time of 2008.C. Michael Hogan, 2008

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* C. Michael Hogan. 200
''Bahia Wulaia Dome Middens'', The Megalithic Portal, ed. A. Burnham

Rivers of Chile Rivers of Magallanes Region Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego {{Chile-river-stub

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