Ponganis Icefall

Ponganis Icefall
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location	Coulman Island , East Antarctica
Altitude range	1000 m - 0 m
width	Max. 2 km
Coordinates	73 ° 32 ' S , 169 ° 51' E Coordinates: 73 ° 32 ' S , 169 ° 51' E
drainage	Ross Sea

The Ponganis Icefall is a 1000 m high and 2 km wide glacial break on the east coast of Coulman Island in the Antarctic Ross Sea . It flows from the caldera of Hawkes Heights to Cape Main .

The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 2005 after the marine biologist Paul J. Ponganis (* 1950) from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography , who between 1987 and 2004 investigated the behavior and population development of the emperor penguins at Cape Crozier , Cape Washington , on the Beaufort , the Franklin Island and Coulman Island, as well as his wife Katherine Victoria Ponganis (* 1950), who was involved in five campaigns.

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