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Ross Island

Antarctic volcanic island dependency of New Zealand
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Ross Island

Summary

Ross Island is an island[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (305 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Ross Island is credited with the discovery of James Clark Ross[3].
  • Ross Island is located in Antarctic Treaty area[4].
  • Ross Island is on the body of water Southern Ocean[5].
  • Ross Island's image is recorded as South End of Ross Island.jpg[6].
  • Ross Island's continent is recorded as Antarctica[7].
  • Ross Island's instance of is recorded as island[8].
  • James Clark Ross is named after Ross Island[9].
  • Ross Island's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 315146840[10].
  • Ross Island's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh92005877[11].
  • Ross Island's part of is recorded as Ross Archipelago[12].
  • Ross Island's Commons category is recorded as Ross Island[13].
  • Ross Island's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 1844217[14].
  • Ross Island's located in time zone is recorded as Antarctica/McMurdo[15].
  • Ross Island's highest point is recorded as Mount Erebus[16].
  • Ross Island's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -77.5, 'lon': 168}[17].
  • Ross Island's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/015fmt[18].
  • Ross Island's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ge581660[19].
  • Ross Island's GNIS Antarctica ID is recorded as 12927[20].
  • Ross Island's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ross Island[21].
  • Ross Island's population is recorded as {'amount': '+263'}[22].
  • Ross Island's U.S. National Archives Identifier is recorded as 10036879[23].
  • Ross Island's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0501038[24].
  • Ross Island's territory claimed by is recorded as New Zealand[25].
  • Ross Island's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Ross-Island[26].
  • Ross Island's GeoNames ID is recorded as 6620714[27].

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Works and Contributions

Ross Island is credited with the discovery of James Clark Ross[3].

Why It Matters

Ross Island ranks in the top 4% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (305 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

James Clark Ross New Zealand

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . data.iana.org. data.iana.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . GeoNames. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 27d ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image last checked license → —
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    Width → {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+75'}
    Elevation above sea level → {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+3794'}
    + 26 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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