Ross Island (disambiguation)

Last updated May 13, 2021

Ross Island is an island in Antarctica.

Ross Island may also refer to:

James Ross Island, near Antarctica
Ross Island (Townsville, Queensland), Australia
Ross Island (Oregon), in the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon, U.S.
Ross Island (Pennsylvania), in the Allegheny River in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Rossøya or Ross Island, Norway
Ross Island, South Andaman district, in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Indian Ocean
Ross Island, Killarney, a lake island in south-west Ireland, site of the earliest Irish copper smelting
Ross Island, Grand Manan, New Brunswick, Canada

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The Ross Island Bridge is a cantilever truss bridge that spans the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon. It carries U.S. Route 26 across the river between southwest and southeast Portland. The bridge opened in 1926 and was designed by Gustav Lindenthal and honors Oregon pioneer Sherry Ross. It is named for its proximity to Ross Island. Although it looks like a deck arch bridge, it is a cantilever deck truss bridge, a rare type in Oregon.

McMurdo Sound and its ice-clogged waters extends about 55 kilometres (34 mi) long and wide. The sound connects the Ross Sea to the north with the Ross Ice Shelf cavity to the south via Haskell Strait. The strait is largely covered by the McMurdo Ice Shelf. The Royal Society Range rises from sea level to 4,205 metres (13,796 ft) on the western shoreline. Ross Island, an historic jumping-off point for polar explorers, designates the eastern boundary. The active volcano Mount Erebus at 3,794 metres (12,448 ft) dominates Ross Island. Antarctica's largest scientific base, the United States' McMurdo Station, as well as the New Zealand Scott Base are on the southern shore of the island. Less than 10 percent of McMurdo Sound's shoreline is free of ice. It is the southernmost navigable body of water in the world.

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