Pakaru Icefalls
Pakaru Icefalls (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. It is descriptively named, Pakaru being a Māori word meaning "broken."
References
- Pakaru Icefalls on geographic.org
This article incorporates public domain material from "Pakaru Icefalls". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.