Perito Moreno (Santa Cruz)
Not to be confused with the glacier of the same name; it protects remote Patagonian steppe with rock art more than 8,000 years old
Area
1,150 km²
Declared in
1937
Region
Patagonia (Santa Cruz)
Climate
Tropical, Árido / desértico, Templado, Polar / frío, Montañoso
Best time
October to March
Highlight
Not to be confused with the glacier of the same name; it protects remote Patagonian steppe with rock art more than 8,000 years old
Declared in 1937 — the same year as Los Glaciares, with which it is often confused because both are named after the same explorer, Francisco Moreno — this park protects a remote Patagonian landscape of high steppe and lakes, with rock paintings more than 8,000 years old in caves such as Casa de Piedra, attributed to the ancestral hunter-gatherers of southern Patagonia. It is one of the last significant refuges of the huemul, an endangered Andean deer that appears on the Argentine national coat of arms.
Location
See on the interactive map17 species documented in Perito Moreno (Santa Cruz)
At conservation risk:Cóndor andino,Huemul,Macá tobiano
Least ConcernPuma
Puma concolor
VulnerableCóndor andino
Vultur gryphus
Near ThreatenedFlamenco chileno
Phoenicopterus chilensis
Least ConcernGuanaco
Lama guanicoe
EndangeredHuemul
Hippocamelus bisulcus
Least ConcernZorro culpeo
Lycalopex culpaeus
Least ConcernÁguila mora
Geranoaetus melanoleucus
Least ConcernCauquén común
Chloephaga picta
Macá tobiano
Podiceps gallardoi
Bandurria
Theristicus caudatus
Cachaña
Enicognathus ferrugineus
Carancho
Caracara plancus
Flora and ecosystems
Ecosystems found in Argentina, where Perito Moreno (Santa Cruz) lies.
Experiences in this park
Wildlife you can see now
What is worth watching this month in Argentina?
Least ConcernSouthern Right Whale
Eubalaena australis
Ahora es buena época: Ballenas francas en Península Valdés (Junio a diciembre (pico jul-oct))
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