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Island in Antarctica
Roosevelt Island is the second largest ice rise of Antarctica and world-wide, after Berkner Island. Despite its name, it is not an island, since the bedrock
Roosevelt_Island,_Antarctica
Topics referred to by the same term
Line), subway station on the island Theodore Roosevelt Island, Washington, D.C., United States Roosevelt Island, Antarctica This disambiguation page lists
Roosevelt Island (disambiguation)
Roosevelt_Island_(disambiguation)
Bay
iceport, indenting the front of the Ross Ice Shelf just north of Roosevelt Island, Antarctica, at the southernmost point of the world's ocean. While the Ross
Bay_of_Whales
Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands. Antarctic islands are, in the strict sense, the islands around mainland Antarctica, situated on the Antarctic Plate
List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands
List_of_Antarctic_and_subantarctic_islands
Earth's southernmost continent
Antarctica (/ænˈtɑːrktɪkə/ ) is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded
Antarctica
Iceport in Antarctica
nautical miles (70 km) northeast of the northwestern end of Roosevelt Island, Antarctica. It was discovered in January 1902 by the British National Antarctic
Kainan_Bay
Islands larger than 1,000 sq. km
mainland Antarctica, without the ice shelves and nearby islands. Seven countries have made eight territorial claims. All territorial claims in Antarctica are
List_of_islands_by_area
American Antarctic base
National Science Foundation (NSF). The station is the largest community in Antarctica, capable of supporting up to 1,200 residents, though the population fluctuates
McMurdo_Station
Bedloo (merchant) – now Liberty Island Blackwell's Island, New York, United States – Robert Blackwell – now Roosevelt Island Fernando Pó, Equatorial Guinea
List of islands named after people
List_of_islands_named_after_people
New Zealand's territorial claim in Antarctica
Victoria Land and most of the Ross Ice Shelf. Ross, Balleny, Scott and Roosevelt Islands also form part of the Dependency. Following his discovery of Victoria
Ross_Dependency
Territory of Antarctica in Queen Maud Land, first explored by Nazi Germany in 1938/39
New Swabia (Norwegian and German: Neuschwabenland) was an area of Antarctica explored, with the intention to claim it, by Nazi Germany between 1938 and
New_Swabia
Norway, and the United Kingdom – have made eight territorial claims in Antarctica. These countries have tended to place their Antarctic scientific observation
Territorial claims in Antarctica
Territorial_claims_in_Antarctica
International treaties concerning Antarctica
eight warships to Antarctica in February 1948. On 17 January 1953, Argentina reopened the Lieutenant Lasala refuge on Deception Island, leaving a sergeant
Antarctic_Treaty_System
government to establish permanent settlement in Antarctica. Commissioned by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1939, Richard.E Byrd supplied much of the
Antarctica during World War II
Antarctica_during_World_War_II
Multiple governments have set up permanent research stations in Antarctica and these bases are widely distributed. Unlike the drifting ice stations set
Research stations in Antarctica
Research_stations_in_Antarctica
Antarctic researcher
scientific expeditions to Antarctica with over 30 months (cumulative) of field work including leading the 9 nation Roosevelt Island Climate Evolution (RICE)
Nancy_Bertler
Largest recorded iceberg by area
square nautical miles), about the size of the island of Jamaica. Calved from the Ross Ice Shelf of Antarctica in March 2000, Iceberg B-15 broke up into smaller
Iceberg_B-15
The history of Antarctica emerges from early Western theories of a vast continent, known as Terra Australis, believed to exist in the far south of the
History_of_Antarctica
Polar region around Earth's South Pole
North Pole. The Antarctic comprises the continent of Antarctica, the Kerguelen Plateau, and other island territories located on the Antarctic Plate or south
Antarctic
This list of Antarctica expeditions is a chronological list of expeditions involving Antarctica. Although the existence of a southern continent had been
List_of_Antarctic_expeditions
Unclaimed West Antarctic region
President Franklin D. Roosevelt instructed members of the United States Antarctic Service Expedition to take steps to claim some of Antarctica as United States
Marie_Byrd_Land
Antarctic research station in Stonington Island, Antarctic Peninsula
Base on Stonington Island is the oldest American research station in Antarctica, having been commissioned by Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1939. The station
East_Base
Region of Antarctica
mantle under the Ross Embayment cooled. Ross Island McMurdo Station Scott Base Roosevelt Island, Antarctica Iceberg B-15 Iceberg C-19 "About the Ross Sea"
Ross_Embayment
Topics referred to by the same term
Keller Inlet, Palmer Land, Antarctica Keller Lake, Northwest Territories, Canada Keller Island, an islet near Ushant, a French island in the English Channel
Keller
Southernmost parts of the South Pacific country
ago, and from Antarctica 85–130 million years ago. They share some features with Australia's Macquarie Island to the west. These islands were uninhabited
New Zealand Subantarctic Islands
New_Zealand_Subantarctic_Islands
in Antarctica, including: the Balleny Islands Buckle Island Sabrina Island Sturge Island Young Island Scott Island Roosevelt Island Coulman Island the
List of islands of New Zealand
List_of_islands_of_New_Zealand
Argentine Antarctic base
station in Antarctica, and the oldest of the stations in Antarctica still in operation. It is located on Laurie Island, one of the South Orkney Islands (Spanish:
Orcadas_Base
Secret British expedition to the Antarctic during WWII
mapping, was the foundation for continuous British scientific research in Antarctica. The huskies provided the core of a British Antarctic husky population
Operation_Tabarin
November 2021. "Antarctica in Context" (PDF). Landsat Image Mosaic Of Antarctica. United States Geological Survey. "Is This the Most Crowded Island in the World
List of islands by population density
List_of_islands_by_population_density
Antarctica's largest known subglacial lake
Vostok (Russian: озеро Восток, romanized: ozero Vostok) is the largest of Antarctica's 675 known subglacial lakes and the 16th largest lake in the world by
Lake_Vostok
This article features a list of islands sorted by their name beginning with the letter R. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
List_of_islands_by_name_(R)
Russian research station in Antarctica
east') is a Russian research station in inland Princess Elizabeth Land, Antarctica. Founded by the Soviet Union in 1957, the station lies at the southern
Vostok_Station
Large platform of glacial ice
(Ronne) sections by Berkner Island. The whole ice shelf covers some 430,000 km2, making it the second largest ice shelf in Antarctica (and on Earth), after
Ice_shelf
Antarctic base
Hut is a building located on the north shore of Cape Evans on Ross Island in Antarctica. It was erected in 1911 by the British Antarctic Expedition of 1910–1913
Scott's_Hut
Bay in the Amundsen Sea, Antarctica
Canisteo Peninsula, Antarctica, at the eastern end of the Amundsen Sea. The southern limit of the bay is formed by the Backer Islands and an ice shelf which
Cranton_Bay
Antarctica expedition in 1947–1948, led by Finn Ronne
Owen (Antarctica) – Named for Arthur Owen, a member of the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition List of Antarctic expeditions Theodore Roosevelt McElroy
Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition
Ronne_Antarctic_Research_Expedition
Whaler and Antarctic explorer
Antarctica on the Larsen Ice Shelf which was subsequently named after him. In 1904, Larsen re-founded a whaling settlement at Grytviken on the island
Carl_Anton_Larsen
del Fuego, Valparaíso, Callao, Tahiti, Samoa, Sydney, Antarctica, Fiji, and the Hawaiian Islands. The USS Flying Fish reached 70° latitude on 22 March
American exploration of Antarctica
American_exploration_of_Antarctica
Autonomous territory of Denmark
Americas, Australia, and Antarctica are all larger than Greenland, but they are generally considered continents, not islands.[not specific enough to verify]
Greenland
Topics referred to by the same term
Australia, Australia Mount Bragg, Queen Elizabeth Land, Antarctica Bragg Islands, Graham Land, Antarctica Bragg (crater), a crater on the Moon Bragg (surname)
Bragg
English explorer (born 1944)
Originally Fiennes had planned to run the first marathon on King George Island, Antarctica. The second marathon would then have taken place in Santiago, Chile
Ranulph_Fiennes
Species of gastropod
canal. This species occurs in the Davis Sea and also off Roosevelt Island, Ross Sea, Antarctica. Prosipho spiralis Thiele, 1912. Retrieved through: World
Prosipho_spiralis
Ship of the line of the Spanish Navy
where it was lost, it has been speculated that survivors may have reached Antarctica. In 1819, the San Telmo, commanded by Captain Joaquín de Toledo y Parra
Spanish_ship_San_Telmo
US Navy Antarctica expedition (1946–47)
was the United States Navy's Second Antarctica Developments Project, an exploration and training mission to Antarctica in 1947–1948. This operation was a
Operation_Windmill
Antarctic camp
in 1902 and is located at Hut Point on Ross Island by McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. Visitors to Antarctica, arriving at either the US Base at McMurdo or
Discovery_Hut
Topics referred to by the same term
Ripley County, Missouri Kelleys Island, Ohio Kelleytown, Georgia Kelley Massif Kelley Nunatak Kelley Peak (Antarctica) Kelley Spur Kelley Barracks, in
Kelley
Expedition to Antarctica
groups, wintered in Antarctica. The objectives of the expedition were outlined in an order from President Franklin D. Roosevelt dated November 25, 1939
United States Antarctic Service Expedition
United_States_Antarctic_Service_Expedition
1914–17 British Expedition led by Sir Ernest Shackleton
Shackleton and his men did not know that during their two-year absence in Antarctica, the station's owners had begun year-round operations. Without a map,
Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition
Imperial_Trans-Antarctic_Expedition
1901–1903 German expedition to Antarctica
with the ship Gauss to explore the unknown area of Antarctica lying south of the Kerguelen Islands. The expedition started from Kiel on 11 August 1901
Gauss_expedition
Ice shelf in Antarctica
covers, a large southern portion of the Ross Sea and the entirety of Roosevelt Island located in the east of the Ross Sea. The ice shelf is named after Sir
Ross_Ice_Shelf
Antarctic base
camps Averbuck, Alexis; Brown, Cathy (1 December 2017). Lonely Planet Antarctica. Lonely Planet. p. 128. ISBN 9781787011496. Retrieved 10 September 2019
Captain_Pieter_J._Lenie_Base
Ocean around Antarctica
delineated by land-based limits: Antarctica to the south, and South America, Africa, Australia, and Broughton Island, New Zealand to the north.[citation
Southern_Ocean
American naval officer (1888–1957)
President Franklin D. Roosevelt sketch". Smithsonian National Postal Museum. Retrieved November 3, 2023. "Little America, Antarctica, Post Office" (PDF)
Richard_E._Byrd
Topics referred to by the same term
Lombardy, Italy Temple of Vesta, Rome, Italy Vesta Nunataks, Alexander Island, Antarctica Vesta Creek (Alberta), a stream in northern Alberta Vesta Creek (Ontario)
Vesta
Nazi Germany polar expedition
return voyage, left the coast of Antarctica and carried out oceanographic research in the vicinity of Bouvet Island and Fernando de Noronha. In addition
German Antarctic Expedition (1938–1939)
German_Antarctic_Expedition_(1938–1939)
Antarctic base
research station located at Iquique Cove, Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Opened February 6, 1947 by the First Chilean Antarctic
Captain_Arturo_Prat_Base
Clearly defined elevation of an ice shelf
shelf, clockwise starting in East Antarctica: Brunt Ice Shelf McDonald Ice Rumples Riiser-Larsen Ice Shelf Lyddan Island King Baudouin Ice Shelf Derwael
Ice_rise
Polar research organisation
Hudson Mountains, close to Pine Island Glacier. In 2020, a team reported that emperor penguin colonies in Antarctica were nearly 20% more numerous than
British_Antarctic_Survey
Sledge dogs working on the Australasian Antarctic Expedition in 1912
"Alexandra Island". Gazetter. Australian Antarctica Data Centre. Retrieved 26 February 2020. "Basilisk Island". Gazetter. Australian Antarctica Data Centre
Dogs of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition
Dogs_of_the_Australasian_Antarctic_Expedition
Research expedition
The French Antarctic Expedition is any of several French expeditions in Antarctica. In 1837, during an 1837–1840 expedition across the deep southern hemisphere
French_Antarctic_Expedition
Antarctic research station in Kemp Land
Soviet research station in Kemp Land, Antarctica, at the southern pole of inaccessibility (the point in Antarctica farthest from any ocean) as defined in
Pole of Inaccessibility research station
Pole_of_Inaccessibility_research_station
Prominent Anglo-American family
Shanghai, China there is the Astor House Hotel in the Bund. Mount Astor in Antarctica was named after Vincent Astor by the explorer Richard E. Byrd. John Jacob
Astor_family
Expedition to Antarctica led by Douglas Mawson, 1911–1914
Ernest Shackleton's Nimrod expedition in 1907–1909. During its time in Antarctica, the expedition's sledging parties covered around 4,180 kilometres (2
Australasian Antarctic Expedition
Australasian_Antarctic_Expedition
Antarctic expedition
Nordenskjöld and Carl Anton Larsen. It was the first Swedish endeavour to Antarctica in the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. Otto Nordenskjöld, a Swedish
Swedish_Antarctic_Expedition
US scientific research station at the South Pole, Antarctica
sovereignty) of the United States. The station is located on the high plateau of Antarctica at 9,301 feet (2,835 m) above sea level. It is administered by the Office
Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station
Amundsen–Scott_South_Pole_Station
Type of heavily eroded terrain
are common in badlands. Badlands are found on every continent except Antarctica, being most common where there are unconsolidated sediments. They are
Badlands
Glacier in Antarctica
1960-62. Named by US-ACAN for Edgar L. Doss, USARP glaciologist at Roosevelt Island, 1962-63. 82°32′S 161°45′E / 82.533°S 161.750°E / -82.533; 161.750
Nimrod_Glacier
US Navy operation to establish an Antarctic research base
establishing, supplying, and operating permanent or seasonal bases in Antarctica, and identifying candidate sites Developing and standardizing techniques
Operation_Highjump
Mountain in Antarctica
US-ACAN for William M. Boman, United States ArmyRP traverse engineer at Roosevelt Island, 1962–63, and McMurdo Station, winter of 1965. 82°29′S 162°39′E /
Sherwin_Peak
19th-century English captain and Antarctic explorer
Northumberland, who discovered the South Shetland Islands, an archipelago off the Graham Land in Antarctica. His discovery was the first ever made south of
William_Smith_(mariner)
Research station offshoots
Many research stations in Antarctica support satellite field camps which are, in general, seasonal camps. The type of field camp can vary – some are permanent
Antarctic_field_camps
Pedestrian bridge in Norway
(2002) to replace the old Doubleday Bridge over Spout Run Parkway Roosevelt Island, New York City (2012) Several temporary Leonardo bridges have been
Vebjørn_Sand_Da_Vinci_Project
King of Norway from 1991 to 2026
notable events he remembers from that time is standing behind Franklin D. Roosevelt when he was sworn in for his fourth term on the South Portico of the White
Harald_V
Stratovolcano in the Antarctic
733-metre-high (8,967 ft) ice-covered stratovolcano in Victoria Land, Antarctica, between Wood Bay and Terra Nova Bay. It is an elongated mountain with
Mount_Melbourne
Russian naval vessel (1818–1828)
the globe, discovered the continent of Antarctica and twice circumnavigated it, and discovered a number of islands and archipelagos in the Southern and
Russian_sloop_Vostok
Glacier in Antarctica
Kenneth Line, traverse engineer with the USARP glaciological party at Roosevelt Island, 1967-68. 72°56′S 167°54′E / 72.933°S 167.900°E / -72.933; 167.900
Borchgrevink_Glacier
List of mountains with the same or similar names
Department of the Interior. Retrieved December 4, 2025. "Mount Olympus, Antarctica". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey
List_of_peaks_named_Olympus
Russian Navy officer, cartographer, and explorer (1778–1852)
Black Sea Fleet. During 1812 he met on Macquarie Island, half-way between New Zealand and Antarctica, Richard Siddins, the Australian captain of the ship
Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen
Fabian_Gottlieb_von_Bellingshausen
1929–1931 Antarctic research expedition
Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) was a research expedition into Antarctica between 1929 and 1931, involving two voyages over consecutive Austral
British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition
British_Australian_and_New_Zealand_Antarctic_Research_Expedition
animal's natural habitat. The extinctions occurred on all continents (except Antarctica) as humans moved into new regions. Because large animals typically had
Environmental impacts of prehistoric humans
Environmental_impacts_of_prehistoric_humans
French explorer and naval officer (1790–1842)
Zealand and Antarctica. As a botanist and cartographer, he gave his name to several seaweeds, plants and shrubs and to places such as d'Urville Island in New
Jules_Dumont_d'Urville
Geographic location
northeast; and Maher Island (near the larger Siple Island, off the coast of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica) to the south. Due to a lack of adequately precise
Pole_of_inaccessibility
Norwegian polar exploration vessel
Island (Ostrov Frama), an island close to the Komsomolskaya Pravda Islands, Laptev Sea Fram Islands, a group of islands off the coast of Antarctica Fram
Fram_(ship)
Topics referred to by the same term
military reformers, Hans von Seeckt Sphinx, a nickname for Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd president of United States Sphinx Observatory at the Jungfraujoch
Sphinx_(disambiguation)
US operations in Antarctica
Deep Freeze is the code name for a series of United States missions to Antarctica, beginning with "Operation Deep Freeze I" in 1955–56, followed by "Operation
Operation_Deep_Freeze
Mountain range in Antarctica
167; 166.000) is a rugged coastal mountain range in the Ross Dependency, Antarctica, on the west coast of the Ross Ice Shelf. It is about 60 nautical miles
Holland_Range
Glacier in Antarctica
Named by US-ACAN for Richard P. Heidemann, USARP glaciologist at Roosevelt Island, 1962-63. Not: Heindemann Glacier. 83°07′S 162°30′E / 83.117°S 162
Lowery_Glacier
1839–43 British Antarctic exploration mission
expedition. The expedition confirmed the existence of the continent of Antarctica, inferred the position of the South Magnetic Pole and made substantial
Ross_expedition
Geophysical and exploration expedition to Graham Land in Antarctica
(BGLE) was a geophysical and exploration expedition to Graham Land in Antarctica between 1934 and 1937. Under the leadership of John Rymill, the expedition
British Graham Land expedition
British_Graham_Land_expedition
Irish sailor (1785–1852)
see Antarctica, on 17 November 1820 Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen History of Antarctica Livingston Island Hanessian, John (1963). Antarctica. New
Edward_Bransfield
Deep bay of the Southern Ocean in Antarctica
area in 1841. To the west of the sea lies Ross Island and Victoria Land, to the east Roosevelt Island and Edward VII Peninsula in Marie Byrd Land, while
Ross_Sea
other ice divides e.g. Siple Dome, Fletcher Ice Rise, Berkner Island, Roosevelt Island, and Korff Ice Rise. Ice viscosity is stress-dependent, and in
Raymond_Effect
American ecologist, environmentalist, and author
Bay, King George Island (one of the South Shetlands of the Antarctic Peninsula), joined the sixth Brazilian expedition to Antarctica (1988), and lived
David_George_Campbell
Major eruption of Taupō volcano
annual timescale and accumulation history for an ice core from Roosevelt Island, West Antarctica". Climate of the Past. 15 (2): 751–779. Bibcode:2019CliPa
Hatepe_eruption
American naval officer (1885–1966)
San Jose, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area Nimitz Glacier in Antarctica for his service during Operation Highjump as the CNO Nimitz Boulevard
Chester_W._Nimitz
Bernardino Rivadavia, First President of Argentina Roosevelt (Buenos Aires) - Theodore Roosevelt Roque Pérez - José Roque Pérez (1815-1871) Sáenz Peña
List of places named after people
List_of_places_named_after_people
Line of longitude
Greenland, the Atlantic Ocean, South America, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole. The 38th meridian west forms a great circle with the
38th_meridian_west
Desk in the Oval Office
Franklin D. Roosevelt turned the Yellow Oval Room into his Oval Study, where both he and Harry S. Truman used the Resolute desk. Roosevelt kept the desk
Resolute_desk
Period of history from the 1890s to the 1920s
Antarctic Exploration was an era in the exploration of the continent of Antarctica which began at the end of the 19th century, and ended after the First
Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration
Heroic_Age_of_Antarctic_Exploration
Antarctica: an Encyclopedia. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. ISBN 978-0-899-50470-4. Turney, Chris (2012). 1912: The Year the World Discovered Antarctica.
List of Antarctic exploration ships from the Heroic Age, 1897–1922
List_of_Antarctic_exploration_ships_from_the_Heroic_Age,_1897–1922
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