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Del Viento Pass
The Del Viento Pass (''Paso del Viento'' in Spanish) is a mountain pass located in the disputed area between Chile and Argentina in the Southern Patagonian Ice Field. The pass connects the ice field with the Argentine town of El Chaltén. On the Chilean side, it is part of the Bernardo O'Higgins National Park in the Natales commune, Última Esperanza Province, Magallanes and Chilean Antarctica Region, while on the Argentine side, it is part of the Los Glaciares National Park located in the Lago Argentino Department in the Santa Cruz Province. Prior to the 1998 agreement between the two countries, the area was considered a border crossing between the two countries by Chile. The location offers the most panoramic view of the ice field, combining steppe, Patagonian Andean forest, and high mountain landscapes. It is located near Cerro Huemul and Laguna Toro, with the closest settlements being El Chaltén in Argentina and Candelario Mancilla and Puerto Edén in Chile, as well ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southern Patagonian Ice Field
The Southern Patagonian Ice Field (), located at the Southern Patagonic Andes between Chile and Argentina, is the world's second largest contiguous extrapolar ice field. It is the bigger of two remnant parts of the Patagonian Ice Sheet, which covered all of southern Chile during the last glacial period, locally called the Llanquihue glaciation. Geography The Southern Patagonian Ice Field extends from parallels 48° 15′ S to 51° 30′ S for approximately , and has an approximate area of , of which belong to Chile and belong to Argentina. The ice mass feeds dozens of glaciers in the area, among which are the Upsala (), Viedma () and Perito Moreno () in the Los Glaciares National Park in Argentina, and the Pío XI Glacier or Bruggen Glacier (, the largest in area and longest in the southern hemisphere outside of Antarctica), O'Higgins (), Grey () and Tyndall () in Chile. The glaciers going to the west flow into the fjords of the Patagonian chan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southern Patagonian Ice Field Dispute
The Southern Patagonian ice field dispute is a border dispute between Argentina and Chile over the delineation of the boundary line between the two countries on the Southern Patagonian Ice Field, a large expanse of glaciers located in the Patagonian Andes, which is the largest non-polar continental ice field with land access. It is called continental ice in Argentina and southern ice field in Chile, to differentiate it from the northern ice field. As of , the Argentine–Chilean border in this sector is still pending of definition according to the 1998 agreement signed by both countries. The original border was defined 100 years prior on 1 October 1898 by experts from both countries. History Delimitation The area was delimited by the Boundary Treaty of 1881 between Chile and Argentina, Treaty of 1881 between Argentina and Chile On 20 August 1888, an agreement was signed to carry out the demarcation of the limits according to the 1881 treaty, appointing the experts Diego ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
