Name details

Ross Archipelago

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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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 134187

Feature type: Archipelago (5)

Origin

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:

Narrative

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

Named For

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.

Location

Latitude:
77° 30' 00.0" S
-77.50000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
167° 00' 00.0" E
167.00000°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
2430 m
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
LINZ AntTopo50 series
Source Identifier:
ME14 : Edition 1.01 Published 2014
Source Scale:
1:50000
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
LINZ
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Height at reference point

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
1-Jan-1958

Display Scales

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