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Ross Island

American  

noun

  1. an island in the W Ross Sea, off the coast of Victoria Land: part of the Ross Dependency; location of Mt. Erebus.


Ross Island British  

noun

  1. an island in the W Ross Sea: contains the active volcano Mount Erebus

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Erebus, seawater from McMurdo Sound, and soil from Ross Island and the Dry Valleys.

From Salon May 29, 2023

In 2017, Mr. Corrie and his firm handled the sale of Little Ross Island, just down the coast from Barlocco.

From New York Times Apr. 23, 2023

Ross Island Earth Station, an antenna intended to supply satellite internet to McMurdo next year.

From The Verge Nov. 23, 2021

Tiny fragments of fossilized charcoal unearthed on James Ross Island provides evidence that those plants burned in wildfires.

From Washington Post Oct. 29, 2021

The immense sheet of ice, over 400 miles wide and of still greater length, which lies south of Ross Island to the west of Victoria Land.

From Scott's Last Expedition Volume I by Scott, Robert Falcon

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