Los Glaciares National Park

Los Glaciares National Park is located in the region known as the Southern Andes of
Argentine territory, southwest of the province of Santa Cruz on the border with Chile. Due to
its impressive natural beauty, it constitutes a unique wonder in the world and was declared a
“World Heritage Site” by UNESCO in 1981.
It owes its name to the presence of numerous glaciers that originate in the great Patagonian
Ice Field – the largest ice mantle in the world after Antarctica – which occupies almost half of
the Park. Also known as Patagonian Continental Ice, it feeds 47 large glaciers, of which 13
descend towards the Atlantic basin. In addition, there are more than 200 smaller glaciers
independent of the Patagonian Ice Field.