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'''Roosevelt Island''' is an ice-covered island, about 130 km long in a NW-SE direction, 65 km wide and about 75,000 km<sup>2</sup> in area, lying under the eastern part of the [[Ross Ice Shelf]] of [[Antarctica]] at about 79°25′S 162°00′W. Its central ridge rises to about 550 meters above sea level, but this and all other elevations of the island are completely covered by ice, so that the island is invisible at ground level. | [[File:Roos island.jpg|thumb]]'''Roosevelt Island''' is an ice-covered island, about 130 km long in a NW-SE direction, 65 km wide and about 75,000 km<sup>2</sup> in area, lying under the eastern part of the [[Ross Ice Shelf]] of [[Antarctica]] at about 79°25′S 162°00′W. Its central ridge rises to about 550 meters above sea level, but this and all other elevations of the island are completely covered by ice, so that the island is invisible at ground level. | ||
Examination of how the ice flows above it establishes the existence and extent of the island. Rear Admiral [[Richard E. Byrd]] named it in 1934 after Franklin D. Roosevelt, then President of the United States of America. Byrd was the leader of the expedition that discovered the island. | Examination of how the ice flows above it establishes the existence and extent of the island. Rear Admiral [[Richard E. Byrd]] named it in 1934 after Franklin D. Roosevelt, then President of the United States of America. Byrd was the leader of the expedition that discovered the island. | ||