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An overhead view of Antarctica with Ross Island in red.
Ross Island is a island on Earth formed by three volcanoes in the Ross Sea by Antarctica, off of the coast of Victoria Land in McMurdo Sound. [1] Historically, Ross Island has been a part of the Sub-Antarctic Islands and overseen by New Zealand.
It is home to two volcanoes, Mount Terror and Mount Erebus, with the latter being the southernmost volcano on Earth.
Human-Covenant War
- Main article: Battle of Ross Island
Ross Island was the location of a fierce battle between UNSC and Covenant forces during the Battle of Earth. There, three Spartan-IIs from the Blue Team destroyed a Covenant excavation.