Excursion to National Park Los Glaciares National Park in the Perito Moreno Entire tour takes 6 hours The name in Spanish language Los Glaciares means "glacier". The Park is located in the Andes, on the border of Argentina and Chile. The National Park Los Glaciares was registered by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in 1981 since then it is one of the top ten attractions in Argentina. Continental Patagonian ice is the third, largest, an ice dam in the world and covers an area of 2600 square kilometers, with a supply of fresh water, and is the most important source of drinking water on the planet. This is the largest on the planet remains of the last great glaciation, and they more than 30,000 years. On the territory of the Los Glaciares National Park are the two lakes - Viedma (Viedma) and Lago Argentino (Lago Argentino) almost at the foot of the Andes. Inside the National Park has 47 glaciers, of which stand out: the Perito Moreno (Perito Moreno) and Uppsala (Upsala). These glaciers are unique, so that the ice begins to form arrays at an altitude of 1500 meters above sea level and descend to 200 meters above sea level. From the east, the ice area is surrounded by beech forests, cypresses, and deep into the Patagonian steppe, with wonderful shrub vegetation. Flora is represented subantarctic Patagonian forests and the Patagonian steppes, which are characteristic of the plain-plateau. The fauna is characterized by the presence of more than one hundred species of birds, among which the most notable are the Andean condor. Just found the Andean deer, which is listed in the International Red Book. The majestic Perito Moreno Glacier, measuring 3 km. by 27 km., a unique natural ensemble in the Argentine Patagonia, is named after the explorer and scientist Francisco Moreno (Francisco Moreno), who first studied the Argentine Patagonia, is the territory of the glaciers. From the top of a giant iceberg breaking away huge chunks of ice the size of a few tens of meters and with a powerful roar fly into the lake. This unique "ice show" attracts the attention of researchers, scientists and tourists from around the world. Just - a miracle of nature! Many world-famous literary works mention these majestic landscapes, such as Jules Verne - in his book "The Children of Captain Grand". A boat trip through the Glacier Moreno 1 hour Tour consists of navigation on Lake Argentino, where we can appreciate the floes originating from the icy walls of the glacier Perito Moreno Glacier and across the southern wall at a distance of 200 meters from the Glacier will be able to appreciate the greatness and the real height of the glacier, which is over 70 meters above the lake. Arriving at the southern end of the channel floe, the ship stops at a prudent distance from the wall of the glacier, offering to see it in all its splendor seen from a distance and allowing the dazzling beauty of the falling blocks of ice, when it occurs, and then the sound is really unimaginable and heard for dozens km! the view is perfect for photos and
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