Pío XI Glacier
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Pío XI Glacier is the largest glacier in South America, located in Chilean Patagonia within Bernardo O'Higgins National Park and notable for its unusual advancing behavior in a warming climate.
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | glacier ⓘ |
| behaviorComparedToNeighbors | advancing while neighboring glaciers retreat ⓘ |
| climateContext | located in a region experiencing warming trends ⓘ |
| continent | South America ⓘ |
| country | Chile ⓘ |
| flowsInto | Eyre Fjord NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Brüggen Glacier
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Glaciar Pío XI NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHydrologicalRole | major freshwater source to Eyre Fjord ⓘ |
| hasLanguageName |
de:Brüggen-Gletscher
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es:Glaciar Pío XI NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMorphology | long outlet tongue from Southern Patagonian Ice Field ⓘ |
| hasNotableCharacteristic |
advancing glacier front
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advancing in a warming climate ⓘ calving glacier ⓘ high ice flux ⓘ periodic surges ⓘ rapid terminus advance in 20th century ⓘ strong frontal activity ⓘ thick ice tongue ⓘ unusual advance compared to regional glacier retreat ⓘ |
| hasProtectionStatus | inside national park ⓘ |
| hasResearchInterest |
calving processes
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climate change response ⓘ glacier dynamics ⓘ glacier–fjord interactions ⓘ mass balance evolution ⓘ surge-type behavior ⓘ tidewater glacier stability ⓘ |
| hasScientificObservation |
continued advance or stability into early 21st century
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documented frontal advance during 20th century ⓘ |
| isLargestGlacierIn | South America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Chilean Patagonia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory |
Aysén Region
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Magallanes Region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInMountainRange | Andes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInProtectedArea | Bernardo O'Higgins National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Pope Pius XI NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Southern Patagonian Ice Field NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protectedBy | Bernardo O'Higgins National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relativeSize | one of the largest temperate glaciers outside polar regions ⓘ |
| terminusIn |
Eyre Fjord
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Fjord ⓘ |
| tourismImportance | glacier tourism destination in Chilean Patagonia ⓘ |
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