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Ross Island

Either of two islands in Antarctica:

Ross Island in the Weddell Sea, discovered in 1903 by the Swedish explorer Nils Nordenskjöld, area about 3,885 sq km/1,500 sq mi;

Ross Island in the Ross Sea, discovered in 1841 by the British explorer James Ross, area about 6,475 sq km/2,500 sq mi, with the research stations Scott Base (New Zealand) and McMurdo (USA). Mount Erebus (3,794 m/12,520 ft) is the world's southernmost active volcano; its lake of molten lava may provide a window on the magma beneath the Earth's crust that fuels volcanoes.
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Early yesterday they finally reached the hut built by Shackleton's men for the 1908-09 Nimrod expedition at Cape Royds on remote Ross Island.
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A cross with their names on was erected on Observation Hill in Ross Island, Antarctica in 1913.
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After flying in from Punta Arenas in Chile, they will be dropped on Ross Island, at the edge of the Ross ice shelf.
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