An ice cloak, or glacial cap, covers this Protected Area of 600,000 hectares. Among the 356 glaciers, the Perito Moreno is the most outstanding one, having a front of 5 km long and a height of over 60 meters above the level of the water.
Already known worldwide because of its process of fractures, the front of the glacier closes the running of the waters of Brazo Rico when it approaches the coast. This produces a kind of pond where the water goes up 20 meters over the level, creating the filtration that ends up in the fracture.Every year, thousands of tourists flock to Argentina's Perito Moreno glacier for majestic views of frozen H2O (water). Around 2,500 tourists watched and cheered as the 97 square miles glacier is splintered and ice crashed down. Perito Moreno is one of three glaciers in Patagonia that is growing. As the 230-foot-high body of ice moves forward, it cuts off a river feeding the lake.
Water then builds up pressure and slowly undermines the ice, forming a tunnel until eventually the ice forming the arc becomes so unstable it comes tumbling down. The latest collapse occurred on March 4 after several large chunks of ice broke away from the glacier.
Tourists who were visiting the attraction from
the nearby city of El Calafate, witnessed whole sections of the glacier sink
into the sea, with many onlookers cheering and whistling at the
phenomenon. The glacier, which is located in Los Glaciares
National Park, was recently a candidate to be named one of the seven natural
wonders of the world, but lost out in the final voting stages.
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