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Pakaru Icefalls

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Pakaru Icefalls (77°38′S 166°39′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."

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

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Pakaru Icefalls Wikipedia