White Strait () is the small ice-filled strait between
Black
Black is a color which results from the absence or complete absorption of visible light. It is an achromatic color, without hue, like white and grey. It is often used symbolically or figuratively to represent darkness. Black and white have o ...
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
...
s, in the
Ross Archipelago
Ross Archipelago () is a name for that group of islands which, together with the ice shelf between them, forms the eastern and southern boundaries of McMurdo Sound in Antarctica. The most northerly is Beaufort Island, then comes Ross Island, the De ...
. First mapped by the ''Discovery'' expedition, 1901–04. Named by the
New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition The New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) describes a series of scientific explorations of the continent Antarctica. The expeditions were notably active throughout the 1950s and 1960s.
Features named by the expeditions 1957 ...
(NZGSAE) (1958–59) for M. White, a member of the party.
Straits of Antarctica
Bodies of water of the Ross Dependency
Ross Archipelago
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