{"id":49316,"date":"2025-06-01T11:31:29","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T06:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=49316"},"modified":"2025-06-10T10:52:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T05:22:11","slug":"perito-moreno-glacier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/perito-moreno-glacier\/","title":{"rendered":"Perito Moreno Glacier"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Perito Moreno Glacier Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>The most famous glacier, the Perito Moreno glacier, which has a surface area of 250 sq km is crumbling.<\/p>\n<h2>About Perito Moreno Glacier<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is also called\u00a0<strong>the \u2018White Giant\u2019,<\/strong>\u00a0is located near the city of El Calafate in the Argentine province of Santa Cruz.<\/li>\n<li>It lies in the\u00a0<strong>Andes Mountains<\/strong>\u00a0in South America.<\/li>\n<li>It comes under the\u00a0<strong>Los Glaciares National Park \u2014<\/strong>\u00a0a\u00a0<strong>UNESCO World Heritage Site.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It was\u00a0<strong>formed during the last Ice Age,<\/strong>\u00a0which occurred approximately 18,000 years ago. Estimates suggest that the glacier is 30 km long, and has a towering height of 60 m above the water level.<\/li>\n<li>Due to its enormous size, it is a major source of\u00a0<strong>freshwater for Argentina.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The Perito Moreno glacier is now part of the long list of glaciers around the globe which are disappearing faster than\u00a0<strong>ever due to rising temperatures.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Since at least 1917, the glacier has witnessed numerous large-scale\u00a0<strong>ice calving events<\/strong>\u00a0due to its forward movement.<\/li>\n<li>The event creates a thunderous sound as colossal blocks\u00a0<strong>of ice break from the glacier and submerge into the water.<\/strong>\u00a0The stunning visuals of calving have, over the years, attracted tourists from around the world.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Perito Moreno Glacier FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1:<\/strong>\u00a0Where is the Perito Moreno Glacier found?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans:<\/strong>\u00a0Los Glaciares National Park<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2:<\/strong>\u00a0How old is the ice in the Perito Moreno Glacier?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans:<\/strong>\u00a0Approximately 18,000 years ago<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q3:<\/strong>\u00a0What is the biggest glacier in the world?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans:<\/strong>\u00a0Lambert Glacier<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/explained-climate\/argentina-perito-moreno-glacier-10012334\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">IE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Perito Moreno Glacier is also called the \u2018White Giant\u2019, is located near the city of El Calafate in the Argentine province of Santa Cruz.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":49323,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[700,21,22,23],"class_list":{"0":"post-49316","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"tag-perito-moreno-glacier","9":"tag-prelims-pointers","10":"tag-upsc-current-affairs","11":"tag-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","12":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49316\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}