Marinelli Glacier is a
tidewater glacier
The tidewater glacier cycle is the typically centuries-long behavior of tidewater glaciers that consists of recurring periods of advance alternating with rapid retreat and punctuated by periods of stability. During portions of its cycle, a tidewate ...
located in
Alberto de Agostini National Park
Alberto de Agostini National Park () is a protected area that was created on January 22, 1965, on land that was formerly part of the "Hollanda" forest reserve and "Hernando de Magallanes National Park". It covers and includes the Cordillera Darwi ...
,
Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego
Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego (English: ''Big Island of the Land of Fire'') also formerly ''Isla de Xátiva''Cordillera Darwin
The Cordillera Darwin is an extensive mountain range mantled by an ice field that is located in Chile.
Description
Cordillera Darwin is located in the southwestern portion of Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego, entirely within the Chilean territory. ...
and calves into
Ainsworth Bay, an embayment of the
Almirantazgo Fjord
Almirantazgo Fjord ( es, Fiordo Almirantazgo), also known as Almirantazgo Sound ( es, Seno Almirantazgo) or Admiralty Sound, is a Chilean fjord located in the far south of the country at .Earth Info, ''earth-info.nga.mil'' webpage: . The fjor ...
. The Marinelli Glacier is in a state of retreat, beginning at least as early as 1960
[B.L. Boyda, J.B. Andersona, J.S. Wellnerb and R.A. Fernández, 2008] and continuing to the present time.
[C. Michael Hogan, 2008]
Meltwater of Marinelli glacier discharges to form the headwaters of
Marinelli Creek Marinelli Creek is a watercourse whose headwaters emerge from the melting of Marinelli Glacier in Tierra del Fuego, Chile. Marinelli Creek discharges to Ainsworth Bay, a notable inlet along the Almirantazgo Fjord. The Marinelli Glacier has been i ...
.
See also
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Retreat of glaciers since 1850
The retreat of glaciers since 1850 affects the availability of fresh water for irrigation and domestic use, mountain recreation, animals and plants that depend on glacier-melt, and, in the longer term, the level of the oceans. Deglaciation occu ...
Line notes
References
* B.L. Boyda, J.B. Andersona, J.S. Wellnerb and R.A. Fernández (2008) "The sedimentary record of glacial retreat, Marinelli," ''Marine Geology Fjord, Patagonia: Regional Correlations and Climate ties'', Volume 255, Issues 3–4, 5 December 2008, Pages 165-178
*C. Michael Hogan. 200
''Bahia Wulaia Dome Middens'', Megalithic Portal, ed. Andy Burnham
Glaciers of Magallanes Region
Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego
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