Ross Island


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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How to use Ross Island in a sentence

  • From Ross Island, as far to the eastward as the eye could see, there extended a lofty, impenetrable wall of ice.

  • Captain Scott has since given the island, on which the mountains lie, the name of Ross Island, after the intrepid navigator.

  • Ross Island had faded into the black head behind it, but a bright beam of light still glittered across the water.

    Johnstone of the Border | Harold Bindloss
  • When the lunch was eaten, the whole party crossed a bridge that spanned the water to Ross Island.

    Our Little Irish Cousin | Mary Hazelton Wade
  • This road is perfectly safe and good, except two descents in Ross Island.

    The Sunny Side of Ireland | John O'Mahony and R. Lloyd Praeger

British Dictionary definitions for Ross Island

Ross Island

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

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