Marinelli Glacier is a

tidewater glacier The tidewater glacier cycle is the typically centuries-long behavior of tidewater glaciers that consists of recurring periods of advance alternating with rapid retreat and punctuated by periods of stability. During portions of its cycle, a tidewat ...

located in

Alberto de Agostini National Park Alberto de Agostini National Park () is a protected area that was created on January 22, 1965, on land that was formerly part of the "Hollanda" forest reserve and "Hernando de Magallanes National Park". It covers and includes the Cordillera Darwi ...

Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego ( English: ''Big Island of the Land of Fire'') also formerly ''Isla de Xátiva'' is an island near the southern tip of South America from which it is separated by the Strait of Magellan. The western portion (61. ...

. The glacier spills out from the backbone of the

Cordillera Darwin The Cordillera Darwin is an extensive mountain range mantled by an ice field that is located in Chile. Description Cordillera Darwin is located in the southwestern portion of Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego, entirely within the Chilean territor ...

and calves into Ainsworth Bay, an embayment of the

Almirantazgo Fjord Almirantazgo Fjord (), also known as Almirantazgo Sound () or Admiralty Sound, is a Chilean fjord located in the far south of the country at .Earth Info, ''earth-info.nga.mil'' webpage: . The fjord cuts deeply into the west coast of the Isla ...

. The Marinelli Glacier is in a state of retreat, beginning at least as early as 1960B.L. Boyda, J.B. Andersona, J.S. Wellnerb and R.A. Fernández, 2008 and continuing to the present time.C. Michael Hogan, 2008 Meltwater of Marinelli glacier discharges to form the headwaters of

Marinelli Creek Marinelli Creek is a watercourse whose headwaters emerge from the melting of Marinelli Glacier in Tierra del Fuego, Chile. Marinelli Creek discharges to Ainsworth Bay, a notable inlet along the Almirantazgo Fjord. The Marinelli Glacier has been i ...

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* B.L. Boyda, J.B. Andersona, J.S. Wellnerb and R.A. Fernández (2008) "The sedimentary record of glacial retreat, Marinelli," ''Marine Geology Fjord, Patagonia: Regional Correlations and Climate ties'', Volume 255, Issues 3–4, 5 December 2008, Pages 165-178 *C. Michael Hogan. 200
''Bahia Wulaia Dome Middens'', Megalithic Portal, ed. Andy Burnham
Glaciers of Magallanes Region Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego {{Chile-glacier-stub

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