Pari Major Apa Cliffs
| Pari Major Apa Cliffs | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 78 ° 28 ′ S , 161 ° 53 ′ E | |
The Pari-Haupapa cliffs are massive, icy, 6 km long and 1000 m high cliffs in the south of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . They extend in a north-south orientation on the east side of the Lower Staircase between the Werdennam Glacier and Mount Tricouni .
The New Zealand Geographic Board named it in 1994 after the Maori name Pari Haupapa ( German ice cliffs ).
Web links
- Pari Haupapa Cliffs in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Pari Haupapa Cliffs on geographic.org (English)