Upsala Glacier, Valley glacier in Los Glaciares National Park, Argentina.
The largest glacier in South America extends over 870 square kilometers, featuring a 70-meter-high ice wall that flows into Lake Argentino.
Swedish researchers from Uppsala University conducted the initial glaciological studies in 1810, leading to the glacier receiving its current name.
The Indigenous Tehuelche people developed survival strategies around the glacier region, incorporating its presence into their nomadic patterns.
Visitors access the glacier through boat tours departing from El Calafate between November and March, navigating through fields of floating icebergs.
The glacier has separated from its tributary Bertacchi Glacier due to extensive retreat, creating new water channels in Lake Argentino.
GPS coordinates: -49.76026,-73.27541
Latest update: May 12, 2025 19:30
Glaciers represent some of the most remarkable natural formations on Earth. These ice masses form over centuries through the compression of snow and move slowly through valleys and across mountain slopes. They shape landscapes from the Patagonian Andes to Arctic regions and store approximately 70 percent of the world's freshwater. The Perito Moreno Glacier in Argentina covers 250 square kilometers and ranks among the few glaciers currently not retreating. The Jostedalsbreen in Norway forms the largest ice mass on mainland Europe at 487 square kilometers. The Vatnajökull in Iceland covers eight percent of the country's land area and conceals several active volcanoes beneath its ice cap. These glaciers serve science as climate archives and demonstrate through their changes the effects of rising temperatures. Many glaciers worldwide continuously lose mass, which has consequences for water supply and sea levels.
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