Pakaru Icefalls
Pakaru Icefalls (77°38′S 166°39′E / 77.633°S 166.650°ECoordinates: 77°38′S 166°39′E / 77.633°S 166.650°E) 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."
References
Pakaru Icefalls on geographic.org (english)
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