Arai Terraces
| Arai Terraces | ||
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| part of | Queen Elizabeth Range in the Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 83 ° 12 ′ S , 163 ° 36 ′ E | |
The Arai Terraces are a level of rugged ice terraces and glacier breaks in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . They are located immediately south of the Fazekas Hills not far from the Lowery Glacier in the Queen Elizabeth Range of the Transantarctic Mountains .
Participants in a campaign carried out by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition from 1959 to 1960 named them after the word "Arai" for "barrier", which was borrowed from the Māori , as this formation was an insurmountable obstacle on the sledge excursion on this research trip.
Web links
- Arai Terraces in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Arai Terraces on geographic.org (English)