Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
SCAR Gazetteer Information: Each place can have one or more entries in the SCAR Composite Gazetteer, dependant on its origin. By viewing an individual entry, you may see multiple references to the same place. SCAR uses a more general feature type coding, so each place will, in general, have multiple feature types.
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Pakaru Icefalls (NZL) | 77° 38' 00.0" S | 166° 39' 00.0" E | |
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Name ID: 114072
Place ID: 16881
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". |
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| Pakaru Icefalls (USA) | 77° 38' 00.0" S | 166° 39' 00.0" E | |
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Name ID: 129796
Place ID: 16881
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." |
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