Los Glaciares National Park

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UNESCO World Heritage Site national park protected area

Los Glaciares National Park is a renowned Argentine protected area famous for its vast ice fields, dramatic glaciers like Perito Moreno, and rugged Andean landscapes.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Perito Moreno Glacier	3

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ national park ⓘ protected area ⓘ
area	approximately 7,269 square kilometers ⓘ approximately 726,927 hectares ⓘ
border	Chile ⓘ
climate	cold temperate ⓘ
contains	Argentino Lake ⓘ Cerro Fitz Roy ⓘ Cerro Torre ⓘ Los Glaciares National Park self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Perito Moreno Glacier Southern Patagonian Ice Field ⓘ Upsala Glacier ⓘ Viedma Glacier ⓘ Viedma Lake ⓘ
continent	South America ⓘ
country	Argentina ⓘ
designationReason	outstanding natural beauty ⓘ representative glacial and ice field landscapes ⓘ
ecosystem	Valdivian temperate rain forest ⓘ surface form: Andean-Patagonian forest Patagonian Desert ⓘ surface form: Patagonian steppe subpolar forests ⓘ
established	1937 ⓘ
fauna	Andean condor ⓘ Magellanic woodpecker ⓘ guanaco ⓘ puma ⓘ
feature	Polylepis forest ⓘ surface form: Andean forests Patagonian Desert ⓘ surface form: Patagonian steppe glaciers ⓘ granite peaks ⓘ
flora	Nothofagus forests ⓘ
governingBody	Administración de Parques Nacionales (Argentina) ⓘ
highestPoint	Cerro Fitz Roy ⓘ
IUCNCategory	II ⓘ
knownFor	Perito Moreno Glacier ice ruptures ⓘ large ice fields ⓘ trekking and mountaineering ⓘ
locatedIn	Patagonia ⓘ Santa Cruz Province ⓘ
nearestCity	El Calafate ⓘ
nearestTown	El Chaltén ⓘ
partOf	Andes ⓘ surface form: Andes mountain range
primaryTourismActivities	boat tours ⓘ hiking ⓘ ice trekking ⓘ
region	Patagonia ⓘ surface form: southern Patagonia
UNESCOWorldHeritageInscriptionYear	1981 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Los Glaciares National Park → contains → Los Glaciares National Park self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Perito Moreno Glacier

Patagonia → contains → Los Glaciares National Park ⓘ

this entity surface form: Perito Moreno Glacier

Southern Patagonian Ice Field → feedsGlacier → Los Glaciares National Park ⓘ

this entity surface form: Perito Moreno Glacier

Southern Patagonian Ice Field → locatedInProtectedArea → Los Glaciares National Park ⓘ