Ross Island

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island of Antarctica volcanic island

Ross Island is a volcanic island in Antarctica best known as the site of historic and modern research stations, including McMurdo Station and Scott Base.

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Label Occurrences
Ross Island canonical 28
Ross Island region 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf island of Antarctica ⓘ
volcanic island ⓘ
area approximately 2460 square kilometres ⓘ
approximately 950 square miles ⓘ
claimedBy New Zealand ⓘ
coast Ross Ice Shelf ⓘ
country Antarctic Treaty area ⓘ
surface form: Antarctica (no sovereign nation; governed by Antarctic Treaty System)
discoveredBy James Clark Ross ⓘ
discoveryYear 1841 ⓘ
formedBy volcanic activity ⓘ
governedBy Antarctic Treaty System ⓘ
hasBay Hut Point Peninsula ⓘ
hasCape Cape Bird ⓘ
Cape Crozier ⓘ
Cape Evans ⓘ
Cape Royds ⓘ
hasColony Adélie penguin colonies ⓘ
Emperor penguin colonies ⓘ
hasHighestPoint Mount Erebus ⓘ
hasHistoricHut Discovery Hut ⓘ
Cape Evans ⓘ
surface form: Scott’s Hut at Cape Evans

Shackleton’s Hut at Cape Royds ⓘ
hasPermanentPopulation no (only seasonal research personnel) ⓘ
hasResearchStation McMurdo Station ⓘ
Scott Base ⓘ
hasSettlement McMurdo Station ⓘ
Scott Base ⓘ
hasVolcano Mount Bird ⓘ
Mount Erebus ⓘ
Mount Terra Nova ⓘ
Mount Terror ⓘ
highestElevation approximately 12448 feet ⓘ
approximately 3794 metres ⓘ
latitudeApprox 77.5 degrees South ⓘ
locatedIn Antarctica ⓘ
McMurdo Sound ⓘ
Ross Sea ⓘ
longitudeApprox 168 degrees East ⓘ
namedAfter James Clark Ross ⓘ
near Victoria Land ⓘ
notableFor historic Antarctic exploration huts ⓘ
hosting McMurdo Station ⓘ
hosting Scott Base ⓘ
partOf Ross Dependency ⓘ
region Southern Ocean ⓘ
volcanicType shield volcano complex ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ross Dependency → contains → Ross Island ⓘ
Ross Sea → adjacentTo → Ross Island ⓘ
Ross Dependency (New Zealand Antarctic territory) → contains → Ross Island ⓘ
subject surface form: Ross Dependency
Scott Base → location → Ross Island ⓘ
Scott Base → locatedOn → Ross Island ⓘ
McMurdo Station → location → Ross Island ⓘ
McMurdo Station → locatedOn → Ross Island ⓘ
Ross Ice Shelf → borderedBy → Ross Island ⓘ
Mount Erebus → locatedOn → Ross Island ⓘ
Adélie penguin → notableColonyLocation → Ross Island ⓘ
McMurdo Sound → hasNearbyIsland → Ross Island ⓘ
British Antarctic Expedition → baseRegion → Ross Island ⓘ
Ross Embayment → near → Ross Island ⓘ
Black Island (Ross Archipelago) → near → Ross Island ⓘ
Cape Royds → locatedIn → Ross Island ⓘ
Cape Royds → isOnWestSideOf → Ross Island ⓘ
Minna Bluff → near → Ross Island ⓘ
Cape Crozier → locatedOn → Ross Island ⓘ
McMurdo Ice Shelf → near → Ross Island ⓘ
McMurdo Ice Shelf → borders → Ross Island ⓘ
White Island (Ross Archipelago) → near → Ross Island ⓘ
White Island (Ross Archipelago) → separatedFrom → Ross Island ⓘ
Cape Evans → locatedIn → Ross Island ⓘ
Mount Terror → locatedIn → Ross Island ⓘ
Cape Bird → locatedOn → Ross Island ⓘ
Hillary Field Centre → locatedIn → Ross Island ⓘ
Arrival Heights → partOf → Ross Island ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ross Island region
Arrival Heights → locatedOn → Ross Island ⓘ
Discovery Hut at Hut Point → locatedIn → Ross Island ⓘ