Before dividing in two at its front end, the glacier is 6 kilometers wide and over 30 meters high.

[3] The glacier is at the south end of the Southern Patagonia Ice Field.

The surface of the lake can be seen when following the big circuit of Paine Mountain Range at John Gardner Pass.

There is another view of the glacier from the south shore of the lake where the glacier can be seen in the background, with fragments of ice floating close to the shore.

It is located to the west side of the Torres del Paine National Park.