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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 37. Chapters: Landforms of the Ross Dependency, Scott Island, Ross Sea, McMurdo Sound, Lake Vida, Ross Ice Shelf, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Transantarctic Mountains, Admiralty Mountains, Marble Point, Prince Olav Mountains, Lake Vanda, Mount Kirkpatrick Formation, Don Juan Pond, Queen Alexandra Range, Beaufort Island, Queen Elizabeth Range, Cape Crozier, Roosevelt Island, Antarctica, Minna Bluff, Cape Adare, Dominion Range, Hughes Range, Drygalski Ice Tongue, Bay of Whales, Franklin Island, Onyx River, Canada Glacier, Coulman Island, Victoria Land, Lake Fryxell, Beardmore Glacier, Lillie Glacier, Portal Mountain, Mount Harker, Eisenhower Range, Mount Markham, Lucy Glacier, Mount Nansen, Bowers Mountains, Terra Nova Bay, Priestley Glacier, Nimrod Glacier, Skelton Glacier, Bush Mountains, Skelton Inlet, Mount Baxter, Mount Ellsworth, Byrd Glacier, Commonwealth Range, Lyttelton Range, Mount Regina, Shirase Coast, Shackleton Coast, Kainan Bay, Commonwealth Glacier, Ebbe Glacier, Dunedin Range, Mount Dickerson, Darwin Glacier, Hatherton Glacier, Tucker Glacier, Shackleton Inlet, Ackroyd Point, Marsh Glacier, Borchgrevink Coast, Cape Scott, The Portal, Mill Glacier, Mount Achernar. Excerpt: The ice-clogged waters of Antarctica's McMurdo Sound extend about 55 km (35 mi) long and wide. The sound opens into the Ross Sea to the north. The Royal Society Range rises from sea level to 13,205 feet (4,205 m) on the western shoreline. The nearby McMurdo Ice Shelf scribes McMurdo Sound's southern boundary. Ross Island, an historic jumping-off point for polar explorers, designates the eastern boundary. The active volcano Mt Erebus at 12,448 feet (3,794 m) dominates Ross Island. Antarctica's largest science base, the United States' McMurdo Station, as well as New Zealand's Scott Base are located on the island's south shore. Less than 10 percent of McMur...
