Patagonian Fjords IV
The southern coast of Chile presents a large number of fjords and fjord-like channels. The general features of these channels are high, abrupt shores, with innumerable peaks and headlands remarkably alike in character, their bold, rugged heads giving an appearance of magical grandeur rarely seen elsewhere. The Balmaceda glacier is located within the Bernardo O’Higgins National Park, which is located 31 miles northwest of the city of Puerto Natales and is part of the Andes mountain range. Access is only by sea, navigating through the Last Hope Fjord, which owes its name to the “last hope” of finding the Strait of Magellan in 1557, for an expedition that was looking for it from the Pacific Ocean.
Patagonian Fjords IV
The southern coast of Chile presents a large number of fjords and fjord-like channels. The general features of these channels are high, abrupt shores, with innumerable peaks and headlands remarkably alike in character, their bold, rugged heads giving an appearance of magical grandeur rarely seen elsewhere. The Balmaceda glacier is located within the Bernardo O’Higgins National Park, which is located 31 miles northwest of the city of Puerto Natales and is part of the Andes mountain range. Access is only by sea, navigating through the Last Hope Fjord, which owes its name to the “last hope” of finding the Strait of Magellan in 1557, for an expedition that was looking for it from the Pacific Ocean.