Human Use
Los Glaciares is a major attraction for international tourists, and has an annual budget of one million dollars (1994). Starting points of tours are the village of El Calafate at the shore of Lake Argentino but outside the park, where the park's administration has its headquarters, and El Chaltén village in the northern part of the park, at the foot of the Fitz Roy. Other touristic points in the park include Lago del Desierto and Lago Roca.
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Iceberg at Lake Argentino's northern arm
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Iceberg floating in the Argentino Lake near the Upsala Glacier
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Aerial view of Cerro Torre (left) and Mount Fitz Roy
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Part of the 100 meter wall of the Spegazzini glacier falling
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The national park as seen from space
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The Viedma Glacier flowing into Lake Viedma (NASA)
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