Ross Sea

American  

[raws see, ros] / ˈrɔs ˈsi, ˈrɒs /

noun

1. the world’s southernmost sea, a deep embayment of the Southern Ocean, extending into Antarctica south of New Zealand: nicknamed the “Last Ocean.”

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Ross Sea British  

noun

1. a large arm of the S Pacific in Antarctica, incorporating the Ross Ice Shelf and lying between Victoria Land and the Edward VII Peninsula

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Etymology

Origin of Ross Sea

First recorded in 1905–10; named after Sir James Ross, who visited the area in 1841

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Ross Sea

In 2004 an iceberg in a different area called the Ross Sea affected the breeding success of penguins, leading to a spike in deaths.

From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2025

A few individuals or their eggs might occasionally drift on currents to neighboring groups, but populations in the Ross Sea and Weddell Sea are separated by the impassable West Antarctic Ice Sheet.

From New York Times ● Dec. 21, 2023

The two icebreakers will also conduct environmental surveys in the Prydez Bay, the Astronaut Sea in southeast Antarctic, and in the Ross Sea and Amundsen Sea in the west.

From Reuters ● Nov. 1, 2023

As a result, just 1% are highly protected, mostly in the Ross Sea in the Southern Ocean, where a protected area was created under an Antarctic treaty.

From Science Magazine ● Mar. 7, 2023

This ice looks as though it must have come from the Ross Sea, and yet one is puzzled to account for the absence of pressure.

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