Ross Sea
the world’s southernmost sea, a deep embayment of the Southern Ocean, extending into Antarctica south of New Zealand: nicknamed the “Last Ocean.”
Origin of Ross Sea
1Words Nearby Ross Sea
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
How to use Ross Sea in a sentence
A year before our trip through Ross Sea had turned out almost like a pleasure cruise, but that was in the middle of summer.
The South Pole, Volumes 1 and 2 | Roald AmundsenIt is very curious to find such calm weather in Ross Sea; in the two months we have been here we have hardly had a strong breeze.
The South Pole, Volumes 1 and 2 | Roald AmundsenThe Barrier is a wall of ice, several hundred miles long, and about 100 feet high, which forms the southern boundary of Ross Sea.
The South Pole, Volumes 1 and 2 | Roald AmundsenTwo years in succession he sailed from the Pacific into Ross Sea with two ships that had no auxiliary steam-power.
The South Pole, Volumes 1 and 2 | Roald AmundsenVolcanic rocks are only found along the coast of Ross Sea and on a range of islands parallel to the coast.
The South Pole, Volumes 1 and 2 | Roald Amundsen
British Dictionary definitions for Ross Sea
a large arm of the S Pacific in Antarctica, incorporating the Ross Ice Shelf and lying between Victoria Land and the Edward VII Peninsula
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
Browse