A view of "Laguna Sucia" and Fitz Roy and Poncenot peaks
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3548 x 5454 px | 30 x 46.2 cm | 11.8 x 18.2 inches | 300dpiLocation:
Los Glaciares National Park, Santa Cruz, Patagonia, ArgentinaMore information:
Argentina Santa Cruz Los Glaciares National Park A view of Laguna Sucia Dirty lake at the feet of El Chalten and Poincenot Peaks of El Chalten Range in Los Glaciares National Park The Fitz Roy Range is a batholith that have been exposed to the surface by a strong glacial erosion From Wikipedia A batholith from Greek bathos depth lithos rock is a large emplacement of igneous intrusive also called plutonic rock that forms from cooled magma deep in the Earth s crust Batholiths are almost always made mostly of felsic or intermediate rock types such as granite quartz monzonite or diorite http en wikipedia org wiki Batholite El Macizo del Fitz Roy es un batolito Un batolito es un cuerpo igneo intrusivo Es decir un bloque de rocas cristalinas que se formo por el enfriamiento del magma dentro de la corteza terrestre Los batolitos suelen estar compuestos por rocas cristalinas felsicas o intermedias como el granito cuarzo monzonita o la diorita En el caso del Fitz Roy gran parte del mismo esta formado por granodiorita El Macizo fue descubierto debido a una fuerte erosion glaciaria durante la ultima glaciacion Los Glaciares National park is an amazing and wonderful park located in Santa Cruz Province in the Austral Andes of Argentina It has been declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1981 The park contains an overwhelming combination of glaciers mountains lakes and forests as well as steppes The park has been named after the 47 big glaciers that flow from the Patagonic Continental Ice Cap shared by Argentina and Chile The park also contains some other 200 small glaciers not connected to the Ice Cap