The Ross Ice Shelf is the largest ice shelf of Antarctica (as of 2013[update], an area of roughly 500,809 square kilometres (193,363 sq mi) and about... 22 KB (2,662 words) - 15:07, 24 February 2024 |
century. The territory lies in West Antarctica, east of the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea and south of the Pacific Ocean portion of the Antarctic or... 38 KB (4,587 words) - 10:47, 1 April 2024 |
Bay of Whales (category Ports and harbours of the Ross Dependency) of Whales The Bay of Whales was a natural ice harbour, or iceport, indenting the front of the Ross Ice Shelf just north of Roosevelt Island, Antarctica... 4 KB (430 words) - 23:32, 15 August 2023 |
ranges. The range was first sighted by James Clark Ross in 1841 at what was later named the Ross Ice Shelf in his honour. It was first crossed during the... 13 KB (1,325 words) - 15:02, 8 April 2024 |
Barrier" ("Shackleton Ice Shelf") 1839–1843 – James Clark Ross's expedition of 1839 to 1843 discovered the Ross Ice Shelf, Ross Sea, Mount Erebus, Mount... 55 KB (6,284 words) - 04:02, 29 April 2024 |
The Amery Ice Shelf (69°45′S 71°0′E / 69.750°S 71.000°E / -69.750; 71.000) is a broad ice shelf in Antarctica at the head of Prydz Bay between the Lars... 6 KB (676 words) - 20:31, 5 June 2022 |
Morris Heights (East Antarctica) (redirect from Beaver Glacier (Ross Ice Shelf)) draining the coastal mountains just northwest of Mount Fox and entering Ross Ice Shelf at McCann Point. Named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic... 6 KB (1,057 words) - 21:47, 17 March 2024 |
161.500) is a large glacier flowing from the polar plateau into the Ross Ice Shelf at Skelton Inlet on the Hillary Coast, south of Victoria Land, Antarctica... 23 KB (3,965 words) - 12:14, 29 February 2024 |
Holland Range (redirect from Mount Miller (Ross Dependency)) is a rugged coastal mountain range in the Ross Dependency, Antarctica, on the west coast of the Ross Ice Shelf. It is about 60 nautical miles (110 km) long... 16 KB (2,346 words) - 20:30, 15 March 2024 |
Byrd Glacier (category Ice streams of Antarctica) of the Antarctic plateau, and flows eastward to discharge into the Ross Ice Shelf. The Byrd Glacier flows eastward between the Britannia Range to the... 13 KB (2,060 words) - 13:13, 14 March 2024 |
in crevasses; flags mark its route from McMurdo Station across the Ross Ice Shelf to the Leverett Glacier, where the route ascends to the polar plateau... 11 KB (947 words) - 04:05, 18 April 2024 |
Ice Sheet. It lies between the Ross Sea (partly covered by the Ross Ice Shelf), and the Weddell Sea (largely covered by the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf)... 5 KB (577 words) - 07:04, 18 December 2023 |
Whales and a series of supply depots on the Barrier (now known as the Ross Ice Shelf) before setting out for the pole in October. The party of five, led... 48 KB (5,052 words) - 07:14, 29 April 2024 |
Queen Maud Mountains (category Mountain ranges of the Ross Dependency) Beardmore and Reedy Glaciers and including the area from the head of the Ross Ice Shelf to the Antarctic Plateau in Antarctica. Captain Roald Amundsen and his... 19 KB (2,574 words) - 08:55, 15 April 2024 |
western side of the Ross Sea and the Ross Ice Shelf, extending southward from about 70°30'S to 78°00'S, and westward from the Ross Sea to the edge of the... 6 KB (462 words) - 02:16, 18 December 2023 |
crevassed glacier which flows into the Ross Ice Shelf 40 kilometers (25 miles) south of the Skelton Glacier in the Ross Dependency, Antarctica. The Mulock... 11 KB (1,506 words) - 17:07, 17 April 2024 |
Lennox-King Glacier (category Glaciers of the Ross Dependency) glacier, about 40 nautical miles (70 km) long that flows east into the Ross Ice Shelf. Lennox-King Glacier drains Bowden Névé and flows northeast between... 11 KB (1,488 words) - 15:08, 17 March 2024 |
An iceberg is a piece of freshwater ice more than 15 m long that has broken off a glacier or an ice shelf and is floating freely in open water. Smaller... 42 KB (4,477 words) - 04:01, 23 April 2024 |
Lillie Range (redirect from Morris Glacier (Ross Dependency)) the Prince Olav Mountains (in the vicinity of Mount Fisher) to the Ross Ice Shelf. Mounts Hall, Daniel, Krebs and Mason are in the range. The Lillie Range... 11 KB (1,997 words) - 18:22, 13 January 2024 |