Pakaru Icefalls

Pakaru Icefalls (77°38′S 166°39′E / 77.633°S 166.650°E / -77.633; 166.650Coordinates: 77°38′S 166°39′E / 77.633°S 166.650°E / -77.633; 166.650) is an icefalls between Cape Evans and Turks Head on the southwest shore of Ross Island, along the Ross Sea. The feature comprises a very irregular and broken glacial area to the north of Turks Head Ridge with ice descending to Erebus Bay. Descriptively named, Pakaru being a Maori word meaning "broken."

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Pakaru Icefalls" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).

References

    Pakaru Icefalls on geographic.org (english)

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