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Provincia de Santa Cruz

Monte Fitz Roy y Cerro Torre

Santa Cruz Province, Argentina

Santa Cruz Province (Spanish: Provincia de Santa Cruz, Spanish: [ˈsanta ˈkɾus], 'Holy Cross') is a province of Argentina, located in the southern part of the country, in Patagonia. It borders Chubut Province to the north, and Chile to the west and south, with an Atlantic coast on its east. Santa Cruz is the second-largest province of the country (after Buenos Aires Province), and the least densely populated in mainland Argentina. The indigenous people of the province are the Tehuelches, who des…

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Fitz Roy
Fitz Roy
El 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. It is located in the Southern Patagonian Ice Field, near El Chaltén village and Viedma Lake. It was first climbed in 1952 by French alpinists Lionel Terray and . European discovery The first Europeans recorded as seeing Mount Fitz Roy were the Spanish explorer Antonio de Viedma and his companions, who reached the shores of Viedma Lake in 1…
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Cerro Torre
Cerro Torre
El Chaltén
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 …
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Lago Argentino is a lake in the Patagonian province of Santa Cruz, Argentina, at (-50°2' -72°4'). It is the biggest freshwater lake in Argentina, with a surface area of (maximum width: ). It has an average depth of , and a maximum depth of . The lake lies within the Los Glaciares National Park in a landscape with numerous glaciers and is fed by the glacial meltwater of several rivers, the water from Lake Viedma brought by the La Leona River, and many mountain streams. Its drainage basin amounts…
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Upsala Glacier
Upsala Glacier
The Upsala Glacier is a large valley glacier on the eastern side of the Southern Patagonian Ice Field. Its higher portion lies in a disputed territory between Chile and Argentina. While the glacier flows from north to south it has three lesser eastflowing tributary glacier: Bertacchi, Cono and Murallón. The glacier terminus is at Upsala channel of Lago Argentino. The Upsala Glacier is well known for its rapid retreat, which Greenpeace cites as evidence for global warming. Its retreat has been on…
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Perito Moreno National Park
Perito Moreno National P…
El Volcán
Perito Moreno National Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional Perito Moreno) is a national park in Argentina. It is located in the western region of Santa Cruz Province on the border with Chile. It has an area of 126,830 hectares of mountains and valleys at a height of 900 metres above sea level. History The park is one of the oldest in Argentina having been established in 1937. It is named in honour of the explorer Francisco Moreno. It was expanded in 2013 with a donation from Tompkins Conservation. Th…
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Viedma Lake (Spanish: Lago Viedma, Spanish: [laɣo ˈβjeðma]) is a Patagonian lake in the province of Santa Cruz, Argentina, situated near its border with Chile. Measuring approximately 50 miles (80 kilometers) in length, it is a major elongated trough lake formed from melting glacial ice. Viedma Lake is the second largest perennial lake located entirely within Argentina. The name of the lake comes from the Spanish explorer Antonio de Viedma, who in 1783 reached its shores, being the first Europe…
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20130127_Argentina_0889+914+5+6 Lago Posadas
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Lake Posadas is a lake located on the edge of the southern Andes, northwest of Santa Cruz Province, Argentina, near the border between Argentina and Chile. Its turquoise waters and a curious tunnel-shaped rock at the centre makes a distinctive landscape. A narrow land bridge separates the northern end of Lake Posadas from the bigger, deeper Cochrane/Pueyrredón Lake. Description Bordered by glacial moraines, Lake Posadas is located on the eastern slope of the Andes mountain range. It belongs to t…
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Lago Argentino Airport , was an airport in Lago Argentino, Argentina. This airport was closed in 2006, replaced by Comandante Armando Tola International Airport, northeast. Former Airlines and destinations External links • OpenStreetMap - Lago Argentino closed
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Monte León National Park
Monte León National Park
Monte León
Monte León National Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional Monte León) is a federal protected area in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. Established on 20 October 2004, it houses a representative sample of the steppe and Patagonian coast biodiversity in good state of conservation, as well as several paleontological sites of high value. It runs along of the southern Argentine Sea coastline. History About 10,000–13,000 years ago, hunter-gatherer groups took advantage of the area's varied coastal environment…
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En el dia de la patria...
En el dia de la patria...
The Aguja Saint Exupery is a mountain spear ('aguja') located near the Cerro Chaltén in the Los Glaciares National Park in Patagonia, Argentina. The mountain is named in memory of Antoine de Saint Exupéry, the French writer and aviator who was director of the Aeroposta Argentina airline and pioneered postal flights in the Patagonia region between 1929 and 1931. The Aguja Saint Exupery is not as impressive as its taller neighbors Cerro Chaltén and the striking Cerro Torre, but due to the length o…
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Comandante Armando Tola International Airport
Comandante Armando Tola …
Charles Fuhr
Comandante Armando Tola International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional de El Calafate – Comandante Armando Tola) is an airport in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. It is located approximately east of the city of El Calafate. The airport is jointly operated by the government and London Supply. Currently, the airport is served by Aerolíneas Argentinas, DAP and LADE. It is the westernmost Argentinian airport served by scheduled flights. The airport was inaugurated in November 2000, replac…
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Sunrise over Glaciar Piedras Blancas Superior
Sunrise over Glaciar Pie…
Torre Egger is one of the mountains of the Southern Patagonian Ice Field in South America. It is located in a region which is disputed between Argentina and Chile, west of Cerro Chalten (also known as Fitz Roy). The peak is between Cerro Torre, the highest in a four mountain chain and Cerro Stanhardt. It is named after the Austrian alpinist Toni Egger (1926–1959), who died while attempting neighboring Cerro Torre. First ascent In 1976, John Bragg, Jim Donini and Jay Wilson from the United States…
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Rio Gallegos
Rio Gallegos
Piloto Civil Norberto Fernández International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto de Río Gallegos "Piloto Civil Norberto Fernández", ) is located west of Río Gallegos, a city in the Santa Cruz Province of Argentina. The airport covers an area of and is operated by Aeropuertos Argentina 2000. It has a terminal and of hangar space. The airport was constructed in 1964, and the paved runway was inaugurated in 1972 with a Caravelle flight of Aerolíneas Argentinas. Río Gallegos' airport has the longest r…
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Los Glaciares National Park
Los Glaciares National P…
Los Glaciares National Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional Los Glaciares) is a federal protected area in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. The park covers an area of , making it the largest national park in the country. Established on 11 May 1937, it hosts a representative sample of Magellanic subpolar forest and west Patagonian steppe biodiversity in good state of conservation. In 1981, it was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. The park's name refers to the giant ice cap in the Andes, the large…
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Exploring Patagonia
Exploring Patagonia
The Pali-Aike National Park is a park located in the Magallanes Region of Patagonia in Chile. Pali-Aike is a Tehuelche name that means Desolate Place. Created in 1970, it covers an area of and includes part of the Pali-Aike Volcanic Field. The park draws its name from a prominent volcanic cone known as the Pali Aike Crater. It includes native flora and fauna, with some species being exclusive to the region, not being found anywhere else in the world. The park has many rocky formations covered i…
wikipedia/Pali-Aike_National_Park
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Argentina
Argentina
Puerto Deseado Airport is an airport serving Puerto Deseado, a port town at the mouth of the Deseado River in the Santa Cruz Province of Argentina. , no scheduled services are operated. The airport is on the north edge of Puerto Deseado and inland from the river estuary. The Puerto Deseado non-directional beacon (Ident: ADO) is located on the field. The closed Puerto Deseado West Airport is located northwest of the airport. External links • OpenStreetMap - Puerto Deseado Airport • SkyVector -…
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Patagonie
Patagonie
Capitán José Daniel Vazquez Airport , also known as Puerto San Julián Airport or San Julián Airport, is an airport serving Puerto San Julián, a town on San Julian Bay in the Santa Cruz Province of Argentina. The airport is west of the town. There is a steep ravine on the south side of the west end of the runway. Runway 07 has an unusual narrow extension prior to the marked threshold, with a turnaround at the end. If used for takeoff, the runway length available would be extended to . The San Ju…
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streaks in the sky
streaks in the sky
The lake known as O'Higgins in Chile and San Martín in Argentina is located around coordinates (-48°50' -72°36') in Patagonia, between the Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo Region and the Santa Cruz Province. General information The lake has a surface area of , an elevation of above mean sea level, and a shoreline length of . Viewed from above, the lake consists of a series of finger-shaped flooded valleys, of which are in Chile and in Argentina, although sources differ on the precis…
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Lago del Desierto
Lago del Desierto
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Río de las Vueltas
Río de las Vueltas
El Chaltén
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Patagonie
Patagonie
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Faro Cabo Vírgenes
Faro Cabo Vírgenes
Monte Dinero
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Patagonie
Patagonie
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