Bust of Francisco Moreno, in front of the Los Glaciares National Park offices in El Calafate.

Francisco Pascacio Moreno (May 31, 1852 – November 22, 1919) was an Argentine explorer, born in Buenos Aires. He is usually referred to as el Perito Moreno (perito means "specialist, expert"). Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 360 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (1283 × 2133 pixel, file size: 881 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Busto de Francisco Pascasio Moreno en la intendencia del Parque Nacional Los Glaciares, en El Calafate (Argentina) Author: Miguel A. Monjas Date: February 5th, 2006... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 360 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (1283 × 2133 pixel, file size: 881 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Busto de Francisco Pascasio Moreno en la intendencia del Parque Nacional Los Glaciares, en El Calafate (Argentina) Author: Miguel A. Monjas Date: February 5th, 2006... Los Glaciares (Spanish for the glaciers) is a national park in the Santa Cruz, in the Argentine Patagonia. ... El Calafate is a little village in Patagonia, Argentina. ... is the 151st day of the year (152nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1852 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... is the 326th day of the year (327th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ... For other uses, see Buenos Aires (disambiguation). ...

In 1872 Moreno began a series of exploring expeditions that made him well known. In January 1876, he explored Lake Nahuel-Huapi, in the southern Andes, and discovered, on February 14, 1877, Lake San Martin. He also explored numerous rivers in Patagonia, and on 4 March of the same year encountered El Chaltén, which he named Fitz Roy. View of the Nahuel Huapi lake and the city of Bariloche. ... This article is about the mountain system in South America. ... is the 45th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1877 (MDCCCLXXVII) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... The lake known as OHiggins in Chile and San Martín in Argentina, is located around coordinates in the Patagonia, between the Aysén Region and the Santa Cruz Province. ... Patagonia, as most commonly defined (in orange). ... is the 63rd day of the year (64th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... View to El Chaltén from the trail towards the Fitz Roy mountain. ... Cerro Chaltén, also known as Cerro Fitz Roy, is a mountain located in the Los Glaciares National Park of Patagonia. ...

In 1880 he went on a second expedition to the territory of Patagonia, where he was taken prisoner by a Pehuelche aboriginal tribe and condemned to death, but escaped on March 11, one day before the one appointed for the execution. In 1882–1883 he explored the Andes from Bolivia southward, and in 1884–1885 he made new explorations of the territory south of the Río Negro and of Patagonia. He was director of the anthropological museum of Buenos Aires, chief of the Argentine exploring commission of the southern territories, and member of numerous European scientific societies. Patagonia, as most commonly defined (in orange). ... is the 70th day of the year (71st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... // Negro River (Spanish: Río Negro) is the most important river of the Argentine province of Río Negro. ...

For his contributions to science, Moreno received a doctorate Honoris causa from the University of Córdoba in 1877. He is also known for his role in defending Argentine interests during the delineation of the international border between Chile and Argentina. In 1902 he was appointed Perito (a technical specialist or expert) in the border conflict. Honoris causa (plural: Causae) is a Latin term meaning for the sake of honor, abbreviated as . ... The Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (UNC), is the second oldest university in South America, and is the oldest in Argentina. ...

In 1903 he donated some of the land previously given to him for the creation of the Nahuel Huapi National Park. The Perito Moreno Glacier and the town of Perito Moreno, all in Santa Cruz Province, are named after him. Cerros Catedral, López and Capilla, and lakes Moreno and Nahuel Huapi, as seen from Cerro Campanario. ... Patagonia, Argentina - Perito Moreno Glacier The Perito Moreno Glacier () is a glacier located in the Los Glaciares National Park in the south west of Santa Cruz province, Argentina. ... Santa Cruz is a province of Argentina, located in the south of the country, in the Patagonia. ...

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