Onelli Bay

Onelli Bay (Spanish: Bahía Onelli) is a bay of Argentino Lake, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina, within Los Glaciares National Park. It is made up of a Patagonian forest and a tributary of Lake Onelli flows into it, into which the Onelli, Agassiz, Bolados and Heim Glaciers also flow.[1]

Onelli Bay
Onelli Bay is located in Santa Cruz Province
Onelli Bay
Onelli Bay
LocationSouth America
Coordinates50°05′32″S 73°16′30″W
Native nameBahía Onelli (Spanish)
Basin countriesArgentina

Onelli Bay can only be accessed by sailing from Puerto Bandera, in El Calafate, visiting the Southern Patagonian Ice Field, also passing through the Spegazzini Glacier and the Upsala Glacier.

The southern forest of the bay presents examples of ñires, canelos and lengas, trees typical of Patagonia. Formerly, the place was known as Puerto de las Vacas, due to the population of wild cows that inhabit the bay. Condors can also be found flying over the mountains that border Lake Argentino.[2]

References

  1. "Guía de turismo de El Calafate". Argentina viajera. Retrieved 6 February 2009.
  2. "El Calafate - Bahía Onelli". Argentina turística. Archived from the original on 19 January 2009. Retrieved 6 February 2009.
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