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.

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Ross Island British  

noun

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

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Example Sentences

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

From Salon

When we began our descent to the sea ice off Ross Island's coast, I glimpsed long fractures, snow-packed ridges, and pockmarked blue ice blown barren by the polar wind.

From Salon

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

From New York Times

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

From The Verge

For this paper, the researchers analyzed charcoal extracted from sediment on Antarctica’s James Ross Island in 2015 and 2016.

From New York Times