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Ross Island
noun
- an island in the W Ross Sea, off the coast of Victoria Land: part of the Ross Dependency; location of Mt. Erebus.
Ross Island
noun
- an island in the W Ross Sea: contains the active volcano Mount Erebus
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From Ross Island, as far to the eastward as the eye could see, there extended a lofty, impenetrable wall of ice.
Captain Scott has since given the island, on which the mountains lie, the name of Ross Island, after the intrepid navigator.
Ross Island had faded into the black head behind it, but a bright beam of light still glittered across the water.
When the lunch was eaten, the whole party crossed a bridge that spanned the water to Ross Island.
This road is perfectly safe and good, except two descents in Ross Island.
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