Ross Archipelago () is a name for that group of islands which, together with the
ice shelf
An ice shelf is a large floating platform of ice that forms where a glacier or ice sheet flows down to a coastline and onto the ocean surface. Ice shelves are only found in Antarctica, Greenland, Northern Canada, and the Russian Arctic. The b ...
between them, forms the eastern and southern boundaries of
McMurdo Sound
McMurdo Sound is a sound in Antarctica. It is the southernmost navigable body of water in the world, and is about from the South Pole.
Captain James Clark Ross discovered the sound in February 1841, and named it after Lt. Archibald McMurdo o ...
in Antarctica. The most northerly is
Beaufort Island
Beaufort Island is an island in Antarctica's Ross Sea. It is the northernmost feature of the Ross Archipelago, , then comes
Ross Island
Ross Island is an island formed by four volcanoes in the Ross Sea near the continent of Antarctica, off the coast of Victoria Land in McMurdo Sound. Ross Island lies within the boundaries of Ross Dependency, an area of Antarctica claimed by New ...
, the
Dellbridge Islands
The Dellbridge Islands are a group of four islands in the Antarctic, just south of Cape Evans and Ross Island.
They are individually called Inaccessible Island, Tent Island, Big Razorback Island, and Little Razorback Island. They are named a ...
, and
Black Island and
White Island White Island may refer to:
Places Oceania
*Whakaari / White Island, volcanic island in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
**2019 Whakaari / White Island eruption
*White Island (Otago), Dunedin, New Zealand
North America
*White Island, Paget, Bermuda
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.
Frank Debenham
Frank Debenham, OBE (26 December 1883 – 23 November 1965) was Emeritus Professor of Geography at the Department of Geography, Cambridge University and first director of the Scott Polar Research Institute.
Biography
Debenham was born in B ...
's classic report, ''The Physiography of the Ross Archipelago'', 1923, described "Brown Island" (now
Brown Peninsula
Brown Peninsula () is a nearly ice-free peninsula, long and wide, which rises above the Ross Ice Shelf northward of Mount Discovery, to which it is connected by a low isthmus. It was discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901â ...
) as a part of the group.
See also
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Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
The Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (CGA) of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) is the authoritative international gazetteer containing all Antarctic toponyms published in national gazetteers, plus basic information about t ...
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List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands
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List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S
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SCAR
A scar (or scar tissue) is an area of fibrous tissue that replaces normal skin after an injury. Scars result from the biological process of wound repair in the skin, as well as in other organs, and tissues of the body. Thus, scarring is a na ...
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Territorial claims in Antarctica
Seven sovereign states – Argentina, Australia, Chile, France, New Zealand, Norway, and the United Kingdom – have made eight territorial claims in Antarctica. These countries have tended to place their Antarctic scientific observation and st ...
References
External links
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