Glacier National Park, Glacier Moreno, Santa Cruz Province - Argentina
The Lago Argentino is the largest and southernmost of the Great Lakes of Patagonia Argentina. It is located in the Province of Santa Cruz, at 187 meters above sea level height, covers an area of 1,466 km ² and has an average depth of 150 m above sea level, at some points reaching the 500 m, its total volume is only 219,900 million m³. In your arms flow into several western glaciers, among which stand out the Glacier Perito Moreno and Upsala Glacier. At its border, lies part of Los Glaciares National Park and is located in the city of El Calafate which is the more usual tourist base for exploring the lake regiã was discovered and first explored by Francisco Pascasio Moreno (1852 -1919), in 1875. It is the largest freshwater lake in Argentina, with a surface area of 1,466 km 2 (566 sq mi) (maximum width: 20 miles (32 km)). It has an average depth of 150 m (492 ft) and a maximum depth of 500 m (1640 feet). Lake is within the Parque Nacional Los Glaciares, in a landscape with numerous glaciers and glacial melt is fed by several rivers , Viedma lake water brought by La Leona River and many creeks. Its drainage basin amounts to more than 17,000 km 2 (6,564 sq mi). Waters of Lago Argentino flow to the Atlantic Ocean through the Santa Cruz River. Glaciers, the nearby town of El Calafate and the lake itself are important tourist destinations. The lake is particularly prized for fishing. Perch, ordinary galaxies, "puyen great", lake trout and rainbow trout - in both forms and anadromous Potamodromous - are all Argentine was also the name of the airport that serves the area until 2000. This airport is closed and its runway was built the city's bus system. He was replaced by Commander Armando Tola International Airport serving the city of El Calafate and Lago Argentino, with many domestic and international flights daily. (Wikipedia) Source: Wikipedia
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Location: Glacier National Park, Glacier Moreno, Santa Cruz Province - Argentina
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