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Encyclopedia > Roosevelt Island, Antarctica
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Location of Roosevelt Island

Roosevelt Island (79°25'S 162°00'W) is an ice-covered island, about 130 km long in a NW-SE direction, 65 km wide and about 7,500 km2 in area, lying in the E part of the Ross Ice Shelf of Antarctica. Its central ridge rises to about 550 m above sea level.


It was named by its discoverer R. Admiral Richard E. Byrd in 1934 for Franklin D. Roosevelt, then President of the United States.


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Antarctica. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 (3428 words)
Antarctica is surrounded by the world’s stormiest seas.
Antarctica’s frigid nature was revealed by the second voyage (1772–75) of the English explorer Capt. James Cook.
Different parts of the Antarctic Peninsula and the islands of the Scotia Arc were explored by de Gerlache (1897–98), a Swedish expedition under Dr. Otto Nordenskjold (1901–4), the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition led by W. Bruce (1902–4), and two French expeditions led by Dr. Jean B. Charcot (1903–5 and 1908–10).
Roosevelt Island (834 words)
Despite its midriver position, Roosevelt Island is under the legal jurisdiction of the Borough of Manhattan and New York County.
Theodore Roosevelt Island is a national park located in the Potomac River in Washington, D.C. named after the 26th president of the United States.
The Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Association purchased the 91-acre (37-hectare), wooded island in 1932 with the intention of erecting a memorial honoring Roosevelt.
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