Lake Viedma, Los Glaciares National Park, Argentina, Patagonia, South America.

Near El Chaltén, see Lake Viedma to the south of Loma del Pliegue Tumbada trail, in Los Glaciares National Park, in the southern Andes mountains, Argentina, South America. El Chaltén village was built in 1985 by Argentina to help secure the disputed border with Chile. Chaltén comes from a Tehuelche (Aonikenk) word meaning "smoking mountain" (explained by frequent orographic clouds). The foot of South America is known as Patagonia, a name derived from coastal giants, Patagão or Patagoni, who were reported by Magellan's 1520s voyage circumnavigating the world and were actually Tehuelche native people who averaged 25 cm (or 10 inches) taller than the Spaniards.

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Contained in galleries: ARGENTINA: Mount Fitz Roy, El Chalten, Patagonia 2020 & 2005

Near El Chaltén, see Lake Viedma to the south of Loma del Pliegue Tumbada trail, in Los Glaciares National Park, in the southern Andes mountains, Argentina, South America. El Chaltén village was built in 1985 by Argentina to help secure the disputed border with Chile. Chaltén comes from a Tehuelche (Aonikenk) word meaning "smoking mountain" (explained by frequent orographic clouds). The foot of South America is known as Patagonia, a name derived from coastal giants, Patagão or Patagoni, who were reported by Magellan's 1520s voyage circumnavigating the world and were actually Tehuelche native people who averaged 25 cm (or 10 inches) taller than the Spaniards.