Bernardo Glacier, Glacier in Aysén Region, Chile
Bernardo Glacier is one of the largest glaciers of the Southern Patagonian Ice Field, lying northeast of Témpano Glacier inside Bernardo O'Higgins National Park in Chile's Aysén Region. It flows westward into Bernardo Fjord. Chile's 2022 public glacier inventory lists four glaciers named Bernardo; Bernardo A, the main outflow glacier, covers 189.2 km².
Bernardo Glacier is one of the largest glaciers of the Southern Patagonian Ice Field, in Bernardo O'Higgins National Park. Chile's 2022 public glacier inventory lists four glaciers named Bernardo in the coastal basins between the Pascua River and the Guayeco Archipelago: Bernardo A, a 189.2 km² outflow glacier, plus the much smaller Bernardo B, C and D.
The glacier lies in Bernardo O'Higgins National Park, created in 1969 and named after Chile's independence leader Bernardo O'Higgins. Chile's 2022 public glacier inventory lists four separate glaciers bearing the name Bernardo: Bernardo A, a 189.2 km² outflow glacier, plus the much smaller Bernardo B, C and D. Visitors reach the ice by boat along the Bernardo Fjord.
Bernardo Glacier lies in Bernardo O'Higgins National Park, northeast of Témpano Glacier, and its ice flows west into Bernardo Fjord. There are no roads; access is by boat through the fjords or by air. The Chilean glacier inventory of 2022 lists four glaciers named Bernardo, so confirm which one a boat trip actually approaches.
Chile's 2022 public glacier inventory lists four separate glaciers named Bernardo. The main one, Bernardo A, is a 189.2 km² outflow glacier; the others are a 0.275 km² mountain glacier and two ice patches of 1.178 and 0.081 km². Bernardo Glacier itself lies northeast of Témpano Glacier and drains west into Bernardo Fjord.
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