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Ross Island is an island in Antarctica lying on the east side of McMurdo Sound and extending 43 nautical miles from Cape Bird in the north to Cape Armitage in the south, and a similar distance from Ca
South end of Ross Island, with the pyramidal Observation Hill at the center of the image, between McMurdo Station and Scott Base. Crater Hill is visible to the right.
Ross Island's Castle Rock was discovered and named by the Robert Falcon Scott British Antarctica Expedition of 1901-1904
Observation hill overlooks McMurdo Station
Scott Base
Antarctica
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Antarctica is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean, it contains the geographic South Pole. An
Ross Island
…at the center of the image, between McMurdo Station and Scott Base. Crater Hill is visible to the right. Location within Antarctica Geography Location Antarctica Coordinates Archipelago Ross Archipelago Area 2,460 km2 (950 sq mi) Highest elevation 3,794 m (12448 ft) Highest point Mount Erebus Administration…
Vinson Massif from the northwest, the highest peak in Antarctica
Glossopteris sp. leaf from the Permian of Antarctica
Blue ice covering Lake Fryxell, in the Transantarctic Mountains
Temperate conditions near the coast in December 2006