Los Glaciares National Park
Also known as Los Glaciares, Parque Nacional Los Glaciares
Category
Natural
Inscribed under criteria (vii), (viii).
Region
Latin America and the Caribbean
Argentina
Inscribed
1981
Area
726,927 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Los Glaciares National Park is about 320 km north-west of Río Gallegos.
Nearest towns and cities
- Puerto Natales · about 20,000 peopleabout 160 km south
- Río Gallegos · about 86,000 peopleabout 320 km south-east
- Punta Arenas · about 117,000 peopleabout 350 km south-east
- Coihaique · about 46,000 peopleabout 540 km north
- Rio Grande · about 31,000 peopleabout 540 km south-east
- Ushuaia · about 58,000 peopleabout 600 km south-east
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
ArgentinaCultural401 km away
Further resources
The official record, while our own profile is in hand
The official record
- World Heritage Centre page for this sitewhc.unesco.org
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