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James Ross Island

Index James Ross Island

James Ross Island is a large island off the southeast side and near the northeastern extremity of the Antarctic Peninsula, from which it is separated by Prince Gustav Channel. [1]

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  1. 44 relations: Ankylosauria, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Antarctopelta, Argentina, British Antarctic Survey, Campanian, Croft Bay, Cryolophosaurus, Erebus and Terror Gulf, Fernando Novas, Geologist, Ice shelf, Imperobator, James Clark Ross, James Ross Island group, Late Cretaceous, Markham Bay (Antarctica), McMurdo Sound, Mendel Polar Station, Morrosaurus, Mount Haddington, Otto Nordenskjöld, Paleontology, Prince Gustav Channel, Röhss Bay, Rodolfo Coria, Ross Island, Saint Mary's College of California, Santa Marta Formation, Seymour Island, Snow Hill Island, Snow Hill Island Formation, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Swedish Antarctic Expedition, The Naze (James Ross Island), Theropoda, Trinisaura, Trinity Peninsula, UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee, Ulu Peninsula, Utahraptor, Vega Island, William Hall Gage.

  2. Islands of the James Ross Island group
  3. Paleontological sites of Antarctica

Ankylosauria

Ankylosauria is a group of herbivorous dinosaurs of the clade Ornithischia.

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Antarctic Peninsula

The Antarctic Peninsula, known as O'Higgins Land in Chile and Tierra de San Martín in Argentina, and originally as Graham Land in the United Kingdom and the Palmer Peninsula in the United States, is the northernmost part of mainland Antarctica.

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Antarctica

Antarctica is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent.

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Antarctopelta

Antarctopelta (meaning 'Antarctic shield') is a genus of ankylosaurian dinosaur, a group of large, quadrupedal herbivores, that lived during the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous period on what is now James Ross Island, Antarctica.

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Argentina

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America.

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British Antarctic Survey

The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is the United Kingdom's national polar research institute.

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Campanian

The Campanian is the fifth of six ages of the Late Cretaceous Epoch on the geologic timescale of the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS).

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Croft Bay

Croft Bay is a bay which indents the north-central side of James Ross Island and forms the southern part of Herbert Sound, south of the northeastern end of the Antarctic Peninsula.

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Cryolophosaurus

Cryolophosaurus is a genus of large theropod dinosaur known from only a single species Cryolophosaurus ellioti, from the early Jurassic of Antarctica.

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Erebus and Terror Gulf

The Erebus and Terror Gulf is a gulf on the southeast side of the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula, bordered on the northeast by the Joinville Island group and on the southwest by the James Ross Island group.

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Fernando Novas

Fernando Emilio Novas (born 1960) is an Argentine paleontologist working for the Comparative Anatomy Department of the Bernardino Rivadavia Natural Sciences Museum in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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Geologist

A geologist is a scientist who studies the structure, composition, and history of Earth.

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Ice shelf

An ice shelf is a large platform of glacial ice floating on the ocean, fed by one or multiple tributary glaciers.

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Imperobator

Imperobator ("powerful warrior") is a genus of paravian theropod, a group of large, three-toed carnivorous dinosaurs, that lived during the Maastrichtian age of the Late Cretaceous period in what is now James Ross Island in Antarctica.

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James Clark Ross

Sir James Clark Ross (15 April 1800 – 3 April 1862) was a British Royal Navy officer and polar explorer known for his explorations of the Arctic, participating in two expeditions led by his uncle John Ross, and four led by William Edward Parry, and, in particular, for his own Antarctic expedition from 1839 to 1843.

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James Ross Island group

The James Ross Island group is a group of islands located close to the northeastern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. James Ross Island and James Ross Island group are islands of Graham Land.

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Late Cretaceous

The Late Cretaceous (100.5–66 Ma) is the younger of two epochs into which the Cretaceous Period is divided in the geologic time scale.

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Markham Bay (Antarctica)

Markham Bay is a bay wide, lying between Ekelöf Point and Hamilton Point on the east side of James Ross Island, Antarctica.

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McMurdo Sound

The McMurdo Sound is a sound in Antarctica, known as the southernmost passable body of water in the world, located approximately from the South Pole.

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Mendel Polar Station

J.G. Mendel Czech Antarctic Station (Česká vědecká stanice Johanna Gregora Mendela) is a Czech research station in Antarctica on the coast of James Ross Island.

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Morrosaurus

Morrosaurus is an extinct genus of herbivorous elasmarian dinosaur that lived in the late Cretaceous in Antarctica.

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Mount Haddington

Mount Haddington is a massive high shield volcano comprising much of James Ross Island in Graham Land, Antarctica.

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Otto Nordenskjöld

Nils Otto Gustaf Nordenskjöld (6 December 1869 – 2 June 1928) was a Swedish geologist, geographer, and polar explorer.

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Paleontology

Paleontology, also spelled palaeontology or palæontology, is the scientific study of life that existed prior to the start of the Holocene epoch (roughly 11,700 years before present).

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Prince Gustav Channel

The Prince Gustav Channel is a strait about long and from wide, separating James Ross Island and Vega Island from the Trinity Peninsula, Antarctica.

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Röhss Bay

Röhss Bay is a bay wide, between Cape Broms and Cape Obelisk on the southwest side of James Ross Island, Antarctica.

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Rodolfo Coria

Rodolfo Aníbal Coria (born in Neuquén June 1, 1959), is an Argentine paleontologist.

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Ross Island

Ross Island is an island in Antarctica lying on the east side of McMurdo Sound and extending from Cape Bird in the north to Cape Armitage in the south, and a similar distance from Cape Royds in the west to Cape Crozier in the east.

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Saint Mary's College of California

Saint Mary's College of California is a private Catholic college in Moraga, California.

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Santa Marta Formation

The Santa Marta Formation is a geologic formation in Antarctica.

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Seymour Island

Seymour Island or Marambio Island, is an island in the chain of 16 major islands around the tip of the Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula. James Ross Island and Seymour Island are islands of the James Ross Island group and Paleontological sites of Antarctica.

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Snow Hill Island

Snow Hill Island is an almost completely snowcapped island, long and wide, lying off the east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. James Ross Island and snow Hill Island are islands of the James Ross Island group.

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Snow Hill Island Formation

The Snow Hill Island Formation is an Early Maastrichtian geologic formation found on James Ross Island, James Ross Island group, Antarctica.

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South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

The South Dakota School of Mines & Technology (South Dakota Mines, SD Mines, or SDSM&T) is a public university in Rapid City, South Dakota.

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Swedish Antarctic Expedition

The Swedish Antarctic Expedition of 1901–1903 was a scientific expedition led by Otto Nordenskjöld and Carl Anton Larsen.

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The Naze (James Ross Island)

The Naze is a peninsula in north James Ross Island, marking the southeast entrance to Herbert Sound and extending about northeast from Terrapin Hill toward the south-central shore of Vega Island.

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Theropoda

Theropoda (from ancient Greek whose members are known as theropods, is a dinosaur clade that is characterized by hollow bones and three toes and claws on each limb. Theropods are generally classed as a group of saurischian dinosaurs. They were ancestrally carnivorous, although a number of theropod groups evolved to become herbivores and omnivores.

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Trinisaura

Trinisaura is a genus of ornithopod dinosaur that lived during the late Campanian stage of the Upper Cretaceous, around 73 to 72 million years ago in what is now James Ross Island off the coast of northern Antarctica near Patagonia.

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Trinity Peninsula

Trinity Peninsula is the northernmost part of the Antarctic Peninsula.

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UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee

The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (or UK-APC) is a United Kingdom government committee, part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, responsible for recommending names of geographical locations within the British Antarctic Territory (BAT) and the South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (SGSSI).

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Ulu Peninsula

Ulu Peninsula is that portion of James Ross Island northwest of the narrow neck of land between Rohss Bay and Croft Bay, extending from Cape Obelisk to Cape Lachman, in Antarctica.

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Utahraptor

Utahraptor (meaning "Utah's predator") is a genus of large dromaeosaurid (a group of feathered carnivorous theropods) dinosaur that lived during the Early Cretaceous period from around 135 to 130 million years ago in what is now the United States.

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Vega Island

Vega Island is an island in Antarctica, long and wide, which is the northernmost of the James Ross Island group and lies in the west part of Erebus and Terror Gulf. James Ross Island and Vega Island are islands of the James Ross Island group and Paleontological sites of Antarctica.

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William Hall Gage

Admiral of the Fleet Sir William Hall Gage (2 October 1777 – 4 January 1864) was Second Sea Lord in the British Navy.

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See also

Islands of the James Ross Island group

Paleontological sites of Antarctica

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Ross_Island

Also known as Cape Foster, Cape Gage, Carlsson Bay, Coley Glacier, Flett Buttress, Förster Cliffs, Howarth Glacier, Jefford Point, Lomas Ridge, Nygren Point, Skep Point, Sungold Hill, Swift Bay, Swift Glacier, Tait Glacier, The Watchtower (Antarctica), Tortoise Hill, Ula Point.