Where on Earth? - February 2010

Clues for February 2010:
1. Covering some 250 square kilometers in area, this Southern Hemisphere glacier is one of the few glaciers in the world that is actually growing.
2. The glacier rises some 60 meters above a lake named after its host country. The glacier acts to dam one branch of the lake, but the lake water occasionally breaks through, most recently in 2008, 2006 and 2004.
3. The glacier is named after an explorer of the same country, who was also a major player in addressing a border dispute with the glacier’s neighboring country.
Name this glacier and its location.
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Answer: One of the few glaciers in the world that is actually growing, the Perito Moreno glacier in southern Argentina covers some 250 square kilometers. Named after the Argentine explorer Perito Moreno (“expert” Moreno), part of the glacier occasionally collapses when a branch of Lake Argentino breaks past it. Photo by Patrick Garvey.
February winners
Arthur Astarita (Peaks Island, Maine)
Helen Huntley (Albuquerque, N.M.)
Jeff Kirtland (Bardon, Australia)
Patrick Lawrence (Portland, Ore.)
James Miller (Schaumburg, Ill.)
Andre Pierin (Curitiba, Brazil)
Jim Robertson (Houston, Texas)
Bill Siesser (Nashville, Tenn.)
Nicholas Smith (Onalaska, Wis.)
Dan Snare (Golden, Colo.)
 

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