Ross Sea
Noun 1. an arm of the southern Pacific Ocean in Antarctica (hypernym) sea (part-holonym) Antarctica, Antarctic continent | ||||
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ross sea
n : an arm of the southern pacific ocean in antarctica [syn: ross sea ]
ross sea
n : an arm of the southern pacific ocean in antarctica [syn: ross sea ]
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Ross Sea
The Ross Sea is a deep bay of the Southern Ocean in Antarctica between Victoria Land and Marie Byrd Land. It was discovered by James Ross in 1841. In the west of the Ross Sea is Ross Island with the Mt. Erebus volcano, in the east Roosevelt Island. The southern part is covered by the Ross Ice Shelf. Roald Amundsen started his South Pole expedition in 1911 from the Bay of Whales, which was located at the shelf. In the west of the Ross sea, McMurdo Sound is a port which is usually free of ice during the summer. The southernmost part of the Ross Sea is Gould Coast, which is approximately two hundred miles from the Geographic South Pole.
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