Pa Tio Tio Gap
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Pa Tio Tio Gap is a glacier
-filled gap at 1,000 m. It trends east-west between Robertson Massif
and Endeavour Massif
in Kirkwood Range
, Victoria Land
. "Pa Tio Tio" is a Maori
word meaning "frozen over".
Glacier
A glacier is a large persistent body of ice that forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. At least 0.1 km² in area and 50 m thick, but often much larger, a glacier slowly deforms and flows due to stresses induced by its weight...
-filled gap at 1,000 m. It trends east-west between Robertson Massif
Robertson Massif
Robertson Massif is a rugged, mainly ice-covered massif, 7 miles long, located north of Pa Tio Tio Gap. The feature includes Mount Gauss and Mount Chetwynd and forms the north segment of Kirkwood Range...
and Endeavour Massif
Endeavour Massif
Endeavour Massif is a huge, flat-topped massif on the Scott Coast of Victoria Land. The massif extends south from Pa Tio Tio Gap to Fry Glacier and forms the south block of the Kirkwood Range . Shoulder Mountain, Mount Belgrave and Mount Creak rise from the south part of the massif...
in Kirkwood Range
Kirkwood Range
Kirkwood Range is a massive coastal range extending north-south between the Fry and Mawson Glaciers. A broad low-level platform on the seaward side of the range is occupied by the Oates Piedmont Glacier...
, Victoria Land
Victoria Land
Victoria Land is a region of Antarctica bounded on the east by the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea and on the west by Oates Land and Wilkes Land. It was discovered by Captain James Clark Ross in January 1841 and named after the UK's Queen Victoria...
. "Pa Tio Tio" is a Maori
Maori language
Māori or te reo Māori , commonly te reo , is the language of the indigenous population of New Zealand, the Māori. It has the status of an official language in New Zealand...
word meaning "frozen over".