Ross Archipelago (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Ross Archipelago (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Archipelago (5)
This name originates from New Zealand. It is part of the New Zealand Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
Group of islands and peninsulas which, together with the sheet ice between them, forms the eastern and southern boundaries of McMurdo Sound. The most northerly and the smallest is Beaufort Island, then comes Ross Island, the islands of the Dellbridge Group, and White, Black, and Brown Islands. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-ME14
A descriptive name, appears to first be used in The heart of the Antarctic, the account of Shackleton's British Antarctic Expedition 1907-09, and in the expedition's scientific reports.
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