The Ross Embayment is a large region of Antarctica, comprising the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea, that lies between East and West Antarctica.
A view of the Ross Ice Shelf and Ross Sea in Antarctica from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS). North at top. A giant iceberg on the left (west) has broken off the front of the Ross Ice Shelf. The Transantarctic Mountains cross the image from left to lower right. Original file from Commons was image-enhanced.
Marie Byrd Land is an unclaimed region of Antarctica. With an area of 1,610,000 km2, it is the largest unclaimed territory on Earth. It was named after the wife of American naval officer Richard E. By
Glaciers and rock outcrops in Marie Byrd Land seen from NASA's DC-8 aircraft on October 17, 2011