Pakaru Icefalls

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. It is descriptively named, Pakaru being a Māori word meaning "broken."

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