Name details

Pakaru Icefalls

Pakaru Icefalls (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Pakaru Icefalls  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 114072

Feature type: None recorded.

Origin

This name originates from New Zealand. It is part of the New Zealand Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

Icefalls between Cape Evans and Turks Head on the SW shore of Ross Island. The feature comprises a very irregular and broken glacial area to the N of Turks Head Ridge with ice descending to Erebus Bay. Descriptively named, Pakaru being a Maori word meaning "broken".

Named For

Location

Latitude:
77° 38' 00.0" S
-77.63333°
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Longitude:
166° 39' 00.0" E
166.65000°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Map

Source

Location Method:
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Source Name:
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Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
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Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
12-Nov-1999

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