Ross Dependency

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The Ross Dependency is a sector of Antarctica claimed by New Zealand, encompassing the Ross Ice Shelf and surrounding areas administered from New Zealand.

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Ross Dependency canonical 32

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Antarctic territorial claim
dependent territory of New Zealand
overseas territory
administeredBy New Zealand
administrativeCenter Scott Base
bordersOn Ross Sea
Southern Ocean
capital Scott Base
claimedBy New Zealand
climate polar climate
contains McMurdo Dry Valleys
Ross Sea
surface form: McMurdo Sound

Antarctica/McMurdo
surface form: McMurdo Station

Mount Erebus
Ross Ice Shelf
Ross Island
Scott Base
Scott Coast
Victoria Land
continent Antarctica
country New Zealand
currencyOfAdministration New Zealand dollar
established 1923
establishedBy Orders of Council
surface form: British Order in Council

Orders of Council
surface form: Order in Council of 1923
extendsTo South Pole
governedBy Antarctic Treaty System
Antarctica (Environmental Protection) Act 1994 (New Zealand)
hasResearchStation McMurdo Station
Scott Base
includesSectorFromMeridian 160° east
includesSectorToMeridian 150° west
legalSystem New Zealand law
locatedIn Antarctica
namedAfter James Clark Ross
partOf East Antarctica
New Zealand
surface form: Realm of New Zealand
population no permanent population
populationType seasonal scientific personnel
primaryLanguageOfAdministration English
sovereignState New Zealand
startTime 1923
status territorial claim in Antarctica
subjectTo Antarctic Treaty
Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty
usedFor scientific research

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New Zealand English primaryRegion Ross Dependency
Olympus Range countryClaim Ross Dependency
James Clark Ross honouredIn Ross Dependency
Scott Base coordinatesRegion Ross Dependency
Scott Coast partOf Ross Dependency
Mount Erebus partOf Ross Dependency
McMurdo Sound partOf Ross Dependency
Transantarctic Mountains region Ross Dependency
Realm of New Zealand includesTerritory Ross Dependency
Realm of New Zealand hasAntarcticClaim Ross Dependency
Ross Embayment countryClaim Ross Dependency
Ross Island partOf Ross Dependency
Minna Bluff locatedIn Ross Dependency
Eastern Rift Mountains partOf Ross Dependency
Cape Crozier partOf Ross Dependency
Antarctica New Zealand operatesInRegion Ross Dependency
Roosevelt Island (Antarctica) region Ross Dependency
White Island (Ross Archipelago) partOf Ross Dependency
Cape Evans locatedIn Ross Dependency
Mount Terror locatedIn Ross Dependency
Mount Discovery locatedIn Ross Dependency
Terror Rift locatedIn Ross Dependency
Cape Bird locatedIn Ross Dependency
Balleny Islands (claimed) partOf Ross Dependency
subject surface form: Balleny Islands
Hillary Field Centre locatedIn Ross Dependency
Arrival Heights locatedIn Ross Dependency
Mount Lister locatedIn Ross Dependency