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Ross Island

Ross Island is a 0.793 km² glacier in Antarctica, in the Ross Ice Shelf 7E area of Subantarctic and Antarctic Islands. It is 2.1 km long, from 173 m to 316 m above sea level.

Inventory ID RGI2000-v7.0-G-19-01689, outline mapped in 2000. Source: Randolph Glacier Inventory 7.0. More glaciers in Subantarctic and Antarctic Islands.

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Area
0.79 km²
Length
2.1 km
Highest point
316 m
Lowest point
173 m
Median elevation
240 m
Mean slope
7°
Glacier data: RGI 7.0 Consortium (2023), Randolph Glacier Inventory, Version 7.0, NSIDC, CC BY 4.0. Adoption is symbolic and gives no legal title to the ice.