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Get the Torres del Paine, Magallanes and Antartica Chilena Region local weather forecast by the hour and the next 10 days.
Torres del Paine. Lady Florence Dixie, in her book published in 1880, gave one of the first descriptions of the area and referred to the three towers as Cleopatra's Needles. [5] She and her party are sometimes credited as being the first "foreign tourists" to visit the area that is now called Torres del Paine National Park. [6]
The prevailing winds are westerly, and the westward slope has a much heavier precipitation than the eastern in a rainshadow effect; [33] [17] the western islands close to Torres del Paine receive an annual precipitation of 4,000 to 7,000 mm, while the eastern hills are less than 800 mm and the plains may be as low as 200 mm annual precipitation ...
This inlet is tidal, and drains an extensive basin. It receives the waters of almost all the surface waters of Torres del Paine National Park through the Serrano River. The sound occupies a valley carved by glacial action. [2] During the last glacial period glaciers reached their maximum extent in Última Esperanza Sound about 48,000 years ago. [3]
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Get the Torres del Paine, Magallanes and Antartica Chilena Region local weather forecast by the hour and the next 10 days.
An important part of the ice field is protected under different national parks, such as the Bernardo O'Higgins and Torres del Paine in Chile, and the aforementioned Los Glaciares in Argentina. There are two known volcanoes under the ice field; Lautaro and Viedma. Due to their inaccessibility they are among the least researched volcanoes in ...
Attractions that include this route are varied, among which the visit to the Torres del Paine National Park, the Cueva del Milodón Natural Monument (Milodon's Cave), the penguin sighting in Magdalena Island, as well as other species of the Chilean wildlife stand out.