The island has recreational and historical value because the Luís Piedra Buena Commander, who was a supporter of the Argentine sovereignty over Patagonia.
The marble Chapels are different rock formations that the erosion produced on the soft marble. They acquired haphazard shapes that look like marble chapels and had delved into the turquoise waters of the Carrera Lake.
The glacier shows an amazing and curious phenomenon in which it´s huge ice mass advances continuously causing the accumulation, breaking and consequent detachment of the immense 5km ice blocks.