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Ross Island

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Ross Island
n
(Placename) an island in the W Ross Sea: contains the active volcano Mount Erebus


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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.
A cross with their names on was erected on Observation Hill in Ross Island, Antarctica in 1913.
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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