White Island (Ross Archipelago)

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White Island (78°8′S 167°24′E) is an island in the Ross Archipelago, 15 miles long, protruding through the Ross Ice Shelf immediately east of Black Island. Discovered by the Discovery expedition (1901-04) and so named by them because of the mantle of snow which covers it.

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